HOUSE GOP PUSHES TAX RELIEF EXTENSION

House Majority Leader Roy Blunt, R-Mo., (c) House Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier, R-Calif., (l) and House Republican Conference Chair Deborah Pryce, R-Ohio, (r) leave a House GOP Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol in Washington on December 7, 2005. Republicans discussed issues behind closed doors, including extension of tax reliefs. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)