Obama signs tax cut bill in Washington

President Barack Obama speaks before signing the middle class tax cut bill in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on December 17, 2010 in Washington DC. The measure would extend tax cuts for families at every income level, renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed and enact a new one-year cut in Social Security taxes that would benefit nearly every worker who earns a wage. UPI/Olivier Douliery/POOL