Benzinga's Political Roundup

The U.S. government has filed a lawsuit against BP BP, saying it was negligible in the April oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Senate passed the tax cut extension yesterday by a 81-19 vote. President Oabama met yesterday with several CEO's on how to spur job creation in this country. Executives from Motorla MOT and UBS UBS were there. The CFTC will miss the January deadline for issuing a final rule on limiting the amount of contracts a trader can control in the agricultural, energy and metals markets.