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The president's response to Boehner's most recent fiscal cliff proposal could be the one

President Barack Obama has agreed to curtail future cost-of-living increases for recipients of Social Security and softened his demand for higher taxes at upper income... Read more »

Dec. 17, 2012

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Small businesses already slipping off the 'fiscal cliff'

More than 1,000 miles from Washington, D.C., Marie DeNicola's small business is already experiencing the consequences of lawmakers' inability to compromise on the budget. Read more »

Dec. 12, 2012

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House Speaker John Boehner: 'Serious differences' remain in talks (+video)

House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday that "serious differences" remain between him and President Barack Obama in negotiations on averting automatic spending cuts... Read more »

Dec. 12, 2012

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Fiscal cliff talks intense; Obama and Boehner talk

Despite an intensifying pace, little progress is being reported in talks on averting automatic spending cuts and tax increases that economists fear could send the U.S.... Read more »

Dec. 12, 2012

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GOP's Boehner says Obama slow-walking cliff talks

House Speaker John Boehner accused President Barack Obama on Tuesday of slow-walking negotiations to avoid the "fiscal cliff" and urged him to name specific cuts in... Read more »

Dec. 11, 2012

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Senate GOP leader calls on Democrats to spell out cuts

Senate Republican Leader Mitch Connell insisted on Tuesday that President Barack Obama and Democrats spell out where they would cut government spending as part of any... Read more »

Dec. 11, 2012

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