Biden: Dems ready to compromise on 'fiscal cliff'

By Matthew Daly

Associated Press

Published: Wednesday, Nov. 7 2012 3:40 p.m. MST

Vice President Joe Biden, accompanied by his wife Jill Biden, wave as they board Air Force Two at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, a day after President Barack Obama winning a second term.

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Vice President Joe Biden says he and President Barack Obama are anxious to move forward on a bipartisan solution to the looming "fiscal cliff" that could force tax increases and across-the-board spending cuts next year.

WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden says he and President Barack Obama are anxious to move forward on a bipartisan solution to the looming "fiscal cliff" that could force tax increases and across-the-board spending cuts next year.

Biden told reporters Wednesday the real question is what Republicans in Congress will do now that Democrats will keep control of the White House and the Senate. Republicans will stay in charge of the House.

Biden said he believes at least six Republican senators are prepared to compromise. He said Democrats will have to compromise, too.

Said Biden: "It's not like we're going to go in and say, 'This is our deal. Take it or leave it.'"

Biden spoke to reporters aboard Air Force Two as he flew from Chicago to his home in Delaware.

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procuradorfiscal

Tooele, UT

Re: "Dems ready to compromise . . . ."

No, they're not.

They want more job-killing taxes and more deranged spending, and they won't agree to anything that doesn't do both, kicking the fiscal responsibility More..

3:48 p.m. Nov. 7, 2012
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procuradorfiscal

Tooele, UT

Re: "[Y]our post suggest perhaps you may want to stay stuck in the same old rhetoric that has failed the GOP . . . ."

Yep.

And, it's not just the GOP it has failed -- it's the whole country. We need to keep More..