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Senate negotiators search for deal to avoid the 'fiscal cliff'
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Senate negotiators search for deal to avoid the 'fiscal cliff'

Senate negotiators search for deal to avoid the 'fiscal cliff'

Senate negotiators labored over the weekend on a last-ditch plan to avert the “fiscal cliff,” struggling to resolve key differences over how many wealthy households should face higher income taxes in the new year and how to tax inherited estates.

Rhetoric Flows at Brink of Fiscal Cliff
Rhetoric Flows at Brink of Fiscal Cliff

Rhetoric Flows at Brink of Fiscal Cliff

Rhetoric Flows at Brink of Fiscal Cliff

“We still can avoid going over the fiscal cliff if the president and the Democrat-controlled Senate step forward this week and work with Republicans to solve this problem and solve it now,” Blunt said. The clock is running short on a deal to avoid the ...

Senators Trade Proposals Into Night To Avoid 'Fiscal Cliff'
Senators Trade Proposals Into Night To Avoid 'Fiscal Cliff'

Senators Trade Proposals Into Night To Avoid 'Fiscal Cliff'

Senators Trade Proposals Into Night To Avoid 'Fiscal Cliff'

Senate negotiators labored late into Saturday over a last-ditch plan to avert the "fiscal cliff," struggling to resolve key differences over how many wealthy households should face higher income taxes in the new year and how to tax inherited estates ...

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Senate will try to strike deal to avert "fiscal cliff"

Senate will try to strike deal to avert "fiscal cliff"

Senate will try to strike deal to avert "fiscal cliff"

28, 2012, for a meeting between President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders to negotiate the framework for a deal on the fiscal cliff. The negotiations are a last ditch effort to ... Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader — two men ...

Senate leaders hopeful on striking deal to avoid fiscal cliff
Senate leaders hopeful on striking deal to avoid fiscal cliff

Senate leaders hopeful on striking deal to avoid fiscal cliff

Senate leaders hopeful on striking deal to avoid fiscal cliff

President Barack Obama said Friday that the Senate will try to put together a plan this weekend to avoid the tax hikes and budget cuts that kick in next week with the so-called “fiscal cliff.” “The hour for immediate action is here,” Obama said after ...

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With fiscal cliff looming, Obama urges leaders to come to their senses and ...

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President Obama, with the fiscal cliff and middle-class tax hikes looming larger, urged congressional leaders Saturday to holster their rhetoric and find compromise. “We just can't ... a vote by then. On Saturday, negotiators from both parties ...

All Eyes on Them, Senate Leaders Seek Fiscal Deal
All Eyes on Them, Senate Leaders Seek Fiscal Deal

All Eyes on Them, Senate Leaders Seek Fiscal Deal

All Eyes on Them, Senate Leaders Seek Fiscal Deal

Speaking for Republicans in a Saturday radio address, Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri sought to put the burden of a deal on Obama and Reid. "We still can avoid going over the fiscal cliff if the president and the Democrat-controlled Senate step forward this ...

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Talks toward fiscal cliff deal continue in Senate offices as deadline looms

Talks toward fiscal cliff deal continue in Senate offices as deadline looms

Talks toward fiscal cliff deal continue in Senate offices as deadline looms

Washington (CNN) -- The Senate's top Democrat and Republican are working this weekend to forge a compromise to prevent the country from going over the fiscal cliff, the combination of sweeping spending cuts and widespread tax increases that will ...

'Cliff' focus shifts to Senate; estate tax emerges as key in talks
'Cliff' focus shifts to Senate; estate tax emerges as key in talks

'Cliff' focus shifts to Senate; estate tax emerges as key in talks

'Cliff' focus shifts to Senate; estate tax emerges as key in talks

President Obama is reaching out to Senate Democrats and Republicans to strike an eleventh-hour deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, even as lawmakers grow increasingly skeptical about the likelihood of success. Obama has invited the Democratic and ...

Cliff Negotiators Grapple With Tax Issues
Cliff Negotiators Grapple With Tax Issues

Cliff Negotiators Grapple With Tax Issues

Cliff Negotiators Grapple With Tax Issues

and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnnell (R., Ky.) met in a largely empty Capitol, seeking to lay the groundwork for a compromise that would extend current tax rates for most Americans and at least blunt the impact of the so-called fiscal cliff. The ...

Fiscal cliff deal would pale against expectations
Fiscal cliff deal would pale against expectations

Fiscal cliff deal would pale against expectations

Fiscal cliff deal would pale against expectations

Republican and Democratic negotiators in the Senate were hoping for an accord as early as Sunday on what threshold to set for increased tax rates, whether to keep current inheritance tax rates and exemptions and how to pay for jobless benefits and ...

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Senate works into weekend as fiscal cliff looms

Senate works into weekend as fiscal cliff looms

Senate works into weekend as fiscal cliff looms

(CBS News) WASHINGTON - With just two days left, Senate leaders are still struggling to put together a last-minute bipartisan deal ahead of Monday's midnight deadline for the fiscal cliff. Failure could kick the country back into a recession. On ...

Fix fiscal cliff crisis for sake of global economy, Wayne Swan urges US
Fix fiscal cliff crisis for sake of global economy, Wayne Swan urges US

Fix fiscal cliff crisis for sake of global economy, Wayne Swan urges US

Fix fiscal cliff crisis for sake of global economy, Wayne Swan urges US

TREASURER Wayne Swan has urged US political leaders to make a long-lasting deal to avoid the tax increases and spending cuts of the fiscal cliff for the sake of the global economy. Leaders in the US Senate are groping for a last-minute compromise to ...

Congressional Leaders Hopeful As Fiscal Cliff Deadline Nears
Congressional Leaders Hopeful As Fiscal Cliff Deadline Nears

Congressional Leaders Hopeful As Fiscal Cliff Deadline Nears

Congressional Leaders Hopeful As Fiscal Cliff Deadline Nears

An aide to House Speaker John Boehner put out a statement that noted that the group agreed the next step should be the Senate's — a tacit acknowledgement that Boehner is no longer the lead negotiator with President Obama. ... On the Senate floor ...

Sunday showdown: Reid, McConnell try for small deal
Sunday showdown: Reid, McConnell try for small deal

Sunday showdown: Reid, McConnell try for small deal

Sunday showdown: Reid, McConnell try for small deal

Senate leaders are headed into a critical Sunday session of Congress with a singular mission to avoid historic tax hikes, setting the stage for a high-wire final act of fiscal cliff negotiating just two days before the country is hit with a series of ...

Senate leaders rush for plan to avoid fiscal cliff
Senate leaders rush for plan to avoid fiscal cliff

Senate leaders rush for plan to avoid fiscal cliff

Senate leaders rush for plan to avoid fiscal cliff

WASHINGTON — 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 ground after weeks of postelection gridlock. An impatient President ...

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John Boehner on Fiscal Cliff White House Has to Get Serious

John Boehner on Fiscal Cliff White House Has to Get Serious

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President Obama open to new ideas in fiscal cliff talks
President Obama open to new ideas in fiscal cliff talks

President Obama open to new ideas in fiscal cliff talks

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4 Days Left Fiscal Cliff White House Hope To Get Deal Done By Deadline December 31st 2012

4 Days Left Fiscal Cliff White House Hope To Get Deal Done By Deadline December 31st 2012

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Alice Rivlin: An Effective Bargaining Chip?
Alice Rivlin: An Effective Bargaining Chip?

Alice Rivlin: An Effective Bargaining Chip?

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Digby on the Fiscal Cliff Showdown
Digby on the Fiscal Cliff Showdown

Digby on the Fiscal Cliff Showdown

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Moyers & Company Show 149: Fiscal Cliffs and Fiscal Realities
Moyers & Company Show 149: Fiscal Cliffs and Fiscal Realities

Moyers & Company Show 149: Fiscal Cliffs and Fiscal Realities

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Will Obama Save Unemployment From Republicans?
Will Obama Save Unemployment From Republicans?

Will Obama Save Unemployment From Republicans?

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President Obama Discusses Growing the Economy and Reducing the Deficit
President Obama Discusses Growing the Economy and Reducing the Deficit

President Obama Discusses Growing the Economy and Reducing the Deficit

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FOX NEWS: Sessions Bring fiscal cliff talks out of the dark

FOX NEWS: Sessions Bring fiscal cliff talks out of the dark

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Eliot Spitzer on Fiscal Cliff & Fading Chances for Financial Prosecutions
Eliot Spitzer on Fiscal Cliff & Fading Chances for Financial Prosecutions

Eliot Spitzer on Fiscal Cliff & Fading Chances for Financial Prosecutions

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Obama needs to avoid his own Todd Aiken momnet
Obama needs to avoid his own Todd Aiken momnet

Obama needs to avoid his own Todd Aiken momnet

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Stop #Durbinville! Join us Thursday at Noon in Federal Plaza...

Stop #Durbinville! Join us Thursday at Noon in Federal Plaza...

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FOX NEWS: Cantor President should put ObamaCare on negotiating table
FOX NEWS: Cantor President should put ObamaCare on negotiating table

FOX NEWS: Cantor President should put ObamaCare on negotiating table

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Hooray Mr. President: But Please No Cuts from Our Social Security Trust Fund!
Hooray Mr. President: But Please No Cuts from Our Social Security Trust Fund!

Hooray Mr. President: But Please No Cuts from Our Social Security Trust Fund!

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US Congress in last-minute cliff frenzy
US Congress in last-minute cliff frenzy

US Congress in last-minute cliff frenzy

Congressional negotiators have burrowed into their offices to stop the US economy from falling off of a "fiscal cliff". In just three ... Rated: -1     Duration: 96 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Sun, 30 Dec 2012 03:13:37 PST

Senate Session 2012-06-26 (15:40:39-16:44:50)
Senate Session 2012-06-26 (15:40:39-16:44:50)

Senate Session 2012-06-26 (15:40:39-16:44:50)

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Senate Session 2011-03-07 (14:00:21-15:02:28)
Senate Session 2011-03-07 (14:00:21-15:02:28)

Senate Session 2011-03-07 (14:00:21-15:02:28)

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Senate Session 2011-12-12 (13:59:57-16:14:55)
Senate Session 2011-12-12 (13:59:57-16:14:55)

Senate Session 2011-12-12 (13:59:57-16:14:55)

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. *At 4:30pm, the Senate will proceed to executive session in order to consider the ... Rated: -1     Duration: 8098 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:33:14 PST

Senate Session 2011-07-21 (16:04:50-17:11:26)
Senate Session 2011-07-21 (16:04:50-17:11:26)

Senate Session 2011-07-21 (16:04:50-17:11:26)

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Senate Session 2011-07-07 (14:47:38-15:59:11)
Senate Session 2011-07-07 (14:47:38-15:59:11)

Senate Session 2011-07-07 (14:47:38-15:59:11)

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Senate Session 2011-07-29 (10:59:57-12:05:25)
Senate Session 2011-07-29 (10:59:57-12:05:25)

Senate Session 2011-07-29 (10:59:57-12:05:25)

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Senate Session 2011-03-30 (09:31:09-10:31:33)

Senate Session 2011-03-30 (09:31:09-10:31:33)

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How Obama Could Kick Republican Ass (If He Wanted To)

How Obama Could Kick Republican Ass (If He Wanted To)

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