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Boehner says stalemate persists in "fiscal cliff" talks
Source: Reuters
Boehner says stalemate persists in "fiscal cliff" talks
WASHINGTON | Fri Dec 7, 2012 11:24am EST
(Reuters) - House Speaker John Boehner said on Friday that talks this week with President Barack Obama produced no progress, and he renewed his demand that the president provide a new offer to avert "the fiscal cliff."
At a Capitol Hill news conference, Boehner accused the president of "slow-walking the economy" toward a crush of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes at year-end.
(Reporting By Thomas Ferraro and Kim Dixon; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
WASHINGTON | Fri Dec 7, 2012 11:24am EST
(Reuters) - House Speaker John Boehner said on Friday that talks this week with President Barack Obama produced no progress, and he renewed his demand that the president provide a new offer to avert "the fiscal cliff."
At a Capitol Hill news conference, Boehner accused the president of "slow-walking the economy" toward a crush of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes at year-end.
(Reporting By Thomas Ferraro and Kim Dixon; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/07/us-usa-fiscal-boehner-stalemate-idUSBRE8B60VC20121207