The Obama administration says the Social Security payroll tax cut put a total of $400 million in the pockets of 800,000 Mainers this year – and that figure would be upped to $700 million next year under a proposal by Senate Democrats to extend and expand the tax cut.

Washington Bureau Chief Jonathan Riskind has the details in his Maine on the Hill blog.


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