Obama calls for scaled-back ‘fiscal cliff’ package
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...
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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...
Obama meets top Republican on fiscal cliff talks
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Washington: US President Barack Obama held fresh talks with top Republican lawmaker John Boehner at the White House on Monday, in their latest effort to...
White House upbeat on fiscal cliff deal
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Washington: The White House expressed optimism on Monday that a deal would be reached to avert the looming fiscal cliff that threatens to send the...
White House issues stark fiscal cliff warning
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Washington: The White House warned Monday that American consumers will spend $200 billion less in 2013 if the looming fiscal cliff is not averted and...