John Boehner and Timothy Geithner both managed to crack smiles during televised interviews about the fiscal cliff on Sunday, and neither man raised his voice or grew visibly agitated. But nothing else from either the House speaker or the Treasury secretary – not body language, not rhetoric – suggested Washington lawmakers are anywhere close to a breakthrough on solving the so-called fiscal cliff before its tax hikes and spending cuts begin to kick in next month.
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Though Speaker John Boehner disagrees with him, Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., maintained his proposal to accept a Senate-passed bill that extends the Bush-era tax cuts for 98 percent of Americans.
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Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., defended a campaign-style event President Obama held this week on the fiscal cliff, saying it was important for Americans outside of Washington to remain in the conversation.
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House Speaker John Boehner politely lashed out at President Obama over fiscal negotiations on Sunday, saying that after three weeks of talks the White House has offered “virtually nothing” toward an agreement to avert the large round of tax hikes and spending cuts scheduled to take hold in January.
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Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., said U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice went beyond the talking points she was given on the terrorist attack in Libya when she appeared on Sunday talk shows shortly after the Sept. 11 attack.
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While Republican leaders have criticized President Obama’s proposal to avoid the fiscal cliff, Democrats on Sunday said the GOP needs to put forth specific plans to solve the problem.
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With just a few weeks remaining before the crucial “fiscal cliff” deadline, the White House’s chief negotiator, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, said Social Security was off the table.
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Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner heads to the Sunday shows this weekend amid fiscal cliff talks. He'll be appearing on Meet the Press , Face the Nation , This Week , State of the Union , and Fox News Sunday .
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Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., suggested the Obama administration may have orchestrated a cover-up of the terrorist attack in Benghazi that left four Americans dead on CNN’s State of the Union. Read the full transcript here .
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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., lightened his critique of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice on Sunday after weeks of fierce criticism and threats of blocking her potential nomination as Secretary of State on Fox News Sunday . Read the full transcript here .
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