President Obama Threatens Veto Over Unemployment Coverage

President Barack Obama is raising the threat of a veto if Republicans try attaching controversial oil pipeline or other language to a bill renewing payroll tax cuts and unemployment coverage.

His comments Wednesday intensify their year-end partisan showdown.

Obama's warning, which prompted an immediate and strong response from the GOP signaled that there is no easy end in sight as the two sides maneuver over renewing tax reductions and jobless benefits that without congressional action expire Jan. 1 just as the 2012 election year begins.

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