Fate of US ‘fiscal cliff’ deal hangs in the balance
Washington: The fate of a deal to avert a US “fiscal cliff” budget calamity looked in increasing peril on Tuesday as Republicans in the House...
Fiscal Cliff in America
Top Republican a holdout against fiscal cliff bill: lawmaker
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Washington: The number two US House Republican emerged Tuesday as a key holdout against a controversial bill that raises taxes on the wealthy but does...
No deal yet as US teeters on fiscal cliff edge
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Washington: As the United States teeters on the edge of the fiscal cliff, politicians had yet to agree Monday on a New Year’s Eve escape...
Drama in Washington as fiscal cliff looms
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Washington: Leaders in deeply polarized Washington groped Sunday for a stop-gap deal to avert a fiscal calamity due to strike in a matter of hours...
Top Republican: Obama shouldn’t cast fiscal cliff blame
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Washington: US House Speaker John Boehner on Sunday warned President Barack Obama that he should not cast blame on Republicans for a possible failure to...
Obama returns as fiscal cliff battle heats up
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Washington: US President Barack Obama rushed back to Washington on Thursday in a last ditch bid to halt America’s slide over the “fiscal cliff,” only...
Obama calls for scaled-back ‘fiscal cliff’ package
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Washington: US President Barack Obama Friday told lawmakers to go home and drink some Christmas egg nog before coming back to Washington to pass a...
Hopes dive of deal to avoid US fiscal cliff
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Washington: The White House accused Republicans Thursday of walking away from a deal and mounting futile diversionary votes as hopes plunged of a deal to...
Obama demands Republicans compromise on fiscal cliff
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Washington: US President Barack Obama said Wednesday he and Republicans had narrowed differences over how to avoid the “fiscal cliff” to “a few hundred billion...
Democrats dismiss Boehner’s ‘Plan B’ in fiscal cliff talks
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Washington: US House Speaker John Boehner unveiled his “Plan B” on Tuesday as Republican lawmakers wrangled with Democratic President Barack Obama over how to steer...