President Obama made a surprise visit at today's daily White House news briefing to chastise House Republicans, warning, "Taxes will go up in 11 days – unless they put politics aside. Let's not play brinksmanship."
After spending five minutes demanding Republicans give in to the Democrat plan for a two-month payroll tax cut extension – instead of the House Republicans' year-long extension of the break – Obama refused to take questions from at least two dozen reporters who called out as he left the briefing room.
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