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Congressional negotiators have resolved all differences on a deal to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits while avoiding a fee cut for Medicare doctors for the rest of the year, leaving only technical issues to sort out.

 

The deal "is a fair agreement and one that I support," House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Thursday morning.

 

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, also voiced her support, and said it appeared Congress "may be voting shortly" for the deal.

 

Earlier in the day, Montana Sen. Max Baucus, the top Democrat on a 20-member conference committee tasked with writing the bill, called the deal "very good for the country."

 

The panel's top Republican, Michigan Rep. Dave Camp, said he's "confident this can be concluded ... and we're moving forward."