LA Times (If nothing gets done on fiscal policy then it is 100% on the republicans)
Boner is now saying he will not move until the Senate moves and under current
Senate rules nothing can move unless Mitch McConnell gives it the OK.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-1227-fiscal-cliff-mcconnell-20121227,0,1164502.story
Mitch McConnell lies low as 'fiscal cliff' nears
Any deal to avoid more drastic tax increases and spending cuts will hinge on the Senate minority leader – but he's had no recent contact with Democrats.
WASHINGTON — This time of year, Republican leader Mitch McConnell's office suite, steps away from the Senate floor, often crackles with a fire in the hearth. On Wednesday, it sat shuttered and almost empty.
The cold stillness captured the state of affairs as senators and President Obama prepared to return to work Thursday facing an imminent deadline to avoid across-the-board tax increases and large spending cuts scheduled to take effect Tuesday.
McConnell would play the key role in any effort to avoid that so-called fiscal cliff. The House, which was unable last week to agree even to a proposal by Speaker John A. Boehner, is not scheduled to return to session, although members could be called back on 48 hours' notice. Boehner and his leadership team released a statement Wednesday saying the House would not act until the Senate made its move.
In the Senate, any deal on taxes and spending would be impossible without at least tacit approval from McConnell, given the power afforded the minority under the chamber's complex rules.
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Republicans "the party of business" are going to screw thousands of businesses if they fail to pass the tax
cut for 98% of Americans.