U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) (3rd R), House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) (4th R) and Republican negotiators for a conference committee of payroll tax cut negotiation (L-R) Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY), Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Rep. Nan Hayworth (R-NY), Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI), Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC), and Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) speak to members of the media during a photo-op prior to a meeting December 21, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The House Republicans called on the Democrats to appoint members to the negotiation table to work on the payroll tax cut extension bill that the House rejected after the Senate approved it.