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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, leaves after a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, following the GOP caucus. Boehner and the other House Republican leaders are calling for Obama to come up with plan they can accept for spending cuts and tax revenue to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax hikes and budget reductions. From left are, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. and Rep. James Lankford, R-Okla. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘Fiscal cliff’ talks vexing official Washington

Andrew Taylor · December 13, 2012 1:54 pm

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, who conferred with President Barack Obama by phone yesterday, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, following a closed-door meeting with the GOP caucu. Boehner and the other House Republican leaders are calling for Obama to come up with plan they can accept for spending cuts and tax revenue to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax hikes and budget reductions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

No budging as fiscal cliff talks appear stalled

Andrew Taylor · December 13, 2012 1:11 am

Reid: ‘Extremely difficult’ to solve fiscal cliff

Andrew Taylor · December 11, 2012 8:16 pm

Hawaii Democrat Daniel Inouye hospitalized

Andrew Taylor · December 10, 2012 10:49 pm

A Christmas wreath is displayed on the second floor porch railing of a home adjacent to the fire-damaged zone in the Breezy Point section of New York, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. Over 100 homes were burned to the ground during Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Obama request for Sandy aid could face hurdles

Andrew Taylor · December 8, 2012 8:34 am

FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama, accompanied by members of his Cabinet, speaks at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Headquarters in Washington to discuss Superstorm Sandy. From second left are Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan. Obama on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 asked Congress for $60.4 billion in federal aid for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by Superstorm Sandy in late October. It's a disaster whose cost is rivaled only by the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the 2005 Hurricane that devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Obama asks Congress for $60.4B in Sandy aid

Andrew Taylor · December 8, 2012 1:58 am

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, to discuss the pending fiscal cliff. Boehner said there's been no progress in negotiations on how to avoid the fiscal cliff of tax hikes and spending cuts and called on President Barack Obama to come up with a new offer. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Boehner: No progress in fiscal cliff talks

Andrew Taylor · December 8, 2012 1:05 am

Boehner calls for Obama response on “cliff” offer

Andrew Taylor · December 5, 2012 4:14 pm

FILE - This Nov. 29, 2012 file photo shows House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Republicans negotiating with President Barack Obama on avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff are proposing to increase the eligibility age for Medicare and to lower cost-of-living hikes in Social Security benefits. Boehner said the GOP proposal is a "credible plan" for Obama and that he hopes the administration would "respond in a timely and responsible way." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP issues a new ‘fiscal cliff’ offer to Obama

Andrew Taylor · December 4, 2012 12:06 am

FILE - This Nov. 15, 2011 file photo shows Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, a member of last year's failed Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, pursued by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sure, the rich are going to pay higher taxes. But an upcoming budget deal may also mean higher airline ticket prices, phasing out Saturday mail delivery and added prescription drug costs for the military. Negotiators are also looking to claim cuts to farm subsidies and modest curbs to food stamps as they seek to accumulate savings toward a multi-trillion-dollar budget pact. "All this stuff is hard. There's nothing easy here," says Portman, R-Ohio, which sifted through a long roster of often arcane budget cuts and new fees. "But if everybody feels like everybody else is contributing, it makes it easier." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Small-bore proposals to help avert fiscal cliff

Andrew Taylor · December 3, 2012 8:57 pm

GOP: White House proposes $1.6T tax increase

Andrew Taylor · November 29, 2012 10:27 pm

GOP senator offers ‘fiscal cliff’ solution

Andrew Taylor · November 27, 2012 7:53 am