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Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) told House members that they could have to stay in Washington to finish up Congressional business â€" including a vote on extending the payroll tax cut â€" before returning home for the holidays.

"Beginning next Monday, the House will not adjourn again until we have concluded our legislative business for the 1st Session of the 112th Congress. While our goal is to complete all legislative business by Friday, December 16, Members are advised to keep their schedules flexible into the weekend of the 16th," Cantor said in an email. "Saturday and Sunday sessions are possible."

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said earlier Wednesday that the Senate would not adjourn until the payroll tax cut extension was brokered.

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