>>> now to the showdown in washington over extending the payroll tax cuts that's set to expire at the end of this year. it's revealing some infighting between republicans on capitol hill . nbc's kelly o'donnell has the latest on this morning. good morning.
>> reporter: good morning, ann. you don't see this very often. most senate republicans joined with democrats and the white house to agree on a short-term solution to get past the holidays, but house republicans protested loudly, and that's put speaker john boehner in a visible, awkward position where it could look like republicans are messing up a tax cut , and that's all happening with the deadline of a ticking clock. holiday cheer gone sour.
>> it's grinch time in washington . mr. speaker.
>> another phony crisis courtesy of the extremist bah humbug house republicans .
>> reporter: also congress acts, on january 1st working americans would pay higher taxes and jobless benefits would run dry for many long-term unemployed. house republicans who met late monday blasted the senate solution, a two-month extension.
>> our members do not want to just punt and do a two-month short-term fix where we have to come back and do this again.
>> reporter: republicans say two months is too short to take seriously.
>> two months, really? come on. that is really do nothing. what's going to be different in two months?
>> reporter: both parties set a goal of a one-year extension but that fell short on saturday, when 89 out of 100 senators, democrats and republicans , settled on a two-month extension. republican leaders even high fived. before the senate left washington for the holidays, thinking the house would agree.
>> i didn't see the high fiving going on, but i did hear the tune "i'll be home for christmas" coming out of that mix.
>> reporter: all this exposed a rift between republicans in the house and the senate.
>> we outright reject the attempt by the senate to kick the can down for 60 days.
>> reporter: democratic leader nancy pelosi blames the tea party .
>> it's just a radical tea party republicans who are holding up this tax cut for the american people and jeopardizing our economic growth.
>> reporter: the white house has tweaked republicans , displaying a countdown clock that marks the number of days until a tax hike.
>> i think americans who are paying attention to this must be pulling their hair out when they look at the house now refusing to do what the senate did.
>> reporter: and house leaders say their solution is to bring senators back to washington and negotiate a one-year deal. they say there's still enough time to do that, but majority leader harry reid says, no, he does not plan to bring his people back and that leaves us in an awkward position of not knowing what the next move is. the house could vote today, they're trying to sort that out.
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