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Can Boehner sell the GOP on Obama's new fiscal cliff offer?
December 18, 2012 President Obama has made a key concession in talks over how to avoid the fiscal cliff, offering to accept a critical Republican demand for deeper spending cuts in exchange for raising tax rates on Americans making more than $400,000 a year. Now, it’s up to House Speaker John Boehner to ...
Majority leader expects Senate back Dec. 26
December 17, 2012 Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday that he expects the Senate will have to come back the day after Christmas to finish a fiscal cliff deal, signaling a working holiday week for hundreds of lawmakers, staff and journalists. "It appears at this stage, we'll see if anything changes, ...
Boehner back at the White House talking fiscal cliff
December 17, 2012 After a weekend of movement in the fiscal cliff negotiations, House Speaker John Boehner was back at the White House for a 45 minute meeting Monday morning. “The president and the speaker are meeting at the White House to continue their discussions about the fiscal cliff and balanced deficit reduction,” ...
Democrats declare checkmate in fiscal cliff debate
December 14, 2012 In the ongoing fiscal cliff chess match playing out on Capitol Hill, Democrats have a message for Republicans: checkmate. Democrats look at the political landscape and see a win whether a deal gets cut now or after the country goes over the cliff. Worst-case scenario, they say, the House will ...
Boehner, Obama no closer to cliff deal after latest offers
December 12, 2012 After swapping more offers and counter offers early this week, President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner remain hundreds of billions of dollars apart in talks to avert the recession-threatening fiscal cliff, as both frustration and deadline pressure grow. On Monday, Obama gave Boehner a revised offer that lowered the ...
Gephardt: Fiscal Cliff Deal Will Cost Some Lawmakers Their Jobs
December 7, 2012 Getting a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff is going to cost some lawmakers their jobs. “There are people who are going to have to vote for this and they’re going to lose their next election. I can swear to you that’s going to happen,” former Democratic House Majority Leader ...
Boehner's fiscal cliff counter offer doesn't satisfy White House
December 4, 2012 House Speaker John Boehner’s fiscal-cliff counter offer on Monday boots the ball squarely back into President Obama’s court, buying the Republican leader time as Democrats work the clock to force Republicans to cave in on their opposition to tax hikes for the wealthy. Boehner’s offer of $800 billion in new ...
McCain calls Kerry 'Mr. Secretary'
December 3, 2012 After Democratic Sen. John Kerry introduced Republican Sen. John McCain at a press conference Monday, McCain said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Secretary," drawing laughs from the crowd with a reference to speculation that Kerry is on President Obama's short list to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. When ...
All sides claim deal on fiscal cliff obtainable
November 16, 2012 Congressional leaders emerged from a White House meeting with President Obama and Vice President Biden on Friday projecting optimism that they can strike a deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff before the end of the year. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said that congressional leaders and the White ...
