Mitch McConnell
Senate leaders dour on cliff deal; compromise is elusive as fiscal deadline looms
A Capitol Hill deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" was proving elusive Sunday as a deadline to avert tax hikes on virtually every American worker and block sweeping... Read more »
If cut, fiscal deal will pale against expectations
The top Senate negotiators on the effort to prevent the government from going over the "fiscal cliff" offered a pessimistic assessment Sunday barely 24 hours before a... Read more »
Last-minute fiscal cliff talks in Senate
Senate leaders rushed to assemble a last-ditch agreement to avoid middle-class tax increases and possibly delay steep spending cuts in an urgent attempt to find common... Read more »
White House meeting a last stab at a fiscal deal
President Barack Obama was preparing to present a limited fiscal proposal to congressional leaders at a White House meeting Friday, a make-or-break moment for... Read more »
Obama, congressional leaders to meet today
Their deadline rushing closer, President Barack Obama and the top four congressional leaders announced plans to meet Friday to try to pick up the pieces of the... Read more »
No deal in sight as deadline for fiscal deal nears (+video)
A last-gasp effort Thursday to avoid automatic tax increases and spending cuts got off on the same convulsive, partisan tone that marked congressional attempts to... Read more »
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