Obama discusses the payroll tax cut (12 images)

U.S. President Barack Obama gets a hug from Tracy Cacho, of Washington, after he discussed the payroll tax cut extension in front of middle class workers in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC on February 21, 2012. Congress has just passed the middle class tax break bill and Obama will sign it into law later in the week. UPI/Pat Benic

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden smiles as President Barack Obama greets middle class workers after he discussed the payroll tax cut extension in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC on February 21, 2012. Congress has just passed the middle class tax break bill and Obama will sign it into law later in the week. UPI/Pat Benic

Eyes young and old are on U.S. President Barack Obama as he discusses the payroll tax cut extension in front of middle class workers in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC on February 21, 2012. Congress has just passed the middle class tax break bill and Obama will sign it into law later in the week. UPI/Pat Benic

U.S. President Barack Obama discusses the payroll tax cut extension in front of middle class workers and Vice President Joseph Biden (L) in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC on February 21, 2012. Congress has just passed the middle class tax break bill and Obama will sign it into law later in the week. UPI/Pat Benic