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Last-minute fiscal cliff talks in Senate
Senate leaders groped for a last-minute compromise Saturday to avoid middle-class tax increases and possibly prevent deep spending cuts at the dawn ...
Last ditch effort to avoid fiscal cliff under way
The end game at hand, the White House and Senate leaders made a final stab at compromise Friday night to prevent middle-class tax increases from ...
Senate leaders in last-ditch fiscal cliff talks
The Senate's top Democrat and Republican say they're entering last-minute talks with the White House aimed at avoiding the fiscal cliff.
Schumer still confident fiscal cliff deal possible
A Senate Democrat says he believes "odds are better than people think" that a deal can be reached to avoid automatic tax increases and spending cuts ...
Obama invites congressional leaders to cliff talk
A deadline looming, President Barack Obama will meet with congressional leaders at the White House on Friday in search of a compromise to avoid a ...
McConnell: Obama to meet Hill leaders on Friday
The Senate's top Republican says President Barack Obama has asked congressional leaders to convene at the White House for last-minute talks on a deal ...
Lawmakers see 'fiscal cliff' deal as elusive
With anxiety rising as the country lurches towards a "fiscal cliff," lawmakers are increasingly skeptical about a possible deal and some predict the ...
Obama seeks scaled-down 'fiscal cliff' agreement
President Barack Obama has scaled back his ambitions for a sweeping budget bargain with Republicans. Instead, he's calling for a limited measure ...
Still time to dodge the cliff, Obama, Boehner say
With Congress in gridlock and stocks taking a fall, President Barack Obama issued a stern summons to lawmakers Friday to pass legislation to prevent ...
Congressional backing grows for gun control debate
Congressional gun rights supporters showed an increased willingness Tuesday to consider new legislation to control firearms in the aftermath of the ...
Rep. Tim Scott picked to replace DeMint in Senate
Gov. Nikki Haley appointed Rep. Tim Scott to the U.S. Senate on Monday, making him the South's first black Republican senator since Reconstruction in ...
Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii dead at 88
Recovering from war wounds that left him with one arm, Danny Inouye wanted a cigarette and needed a light. The nurse at the Army hospital in Michigan ...
Campaign tracking becoming year-round practice
As Maine's governor addressed the newly elected Legislature in early December, his frustration with trackers, the video camera-toting operatives who ...
Night talks: Obama, Boehner meet on 'fiscal cliff'
Face to face with time running short, President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner negotiated at the White House on Thursday night ...
Fiscal cliff splits big, small businesses on taxes
The "fiscal cliff" debate is splitting the business community over taxes, driving a wedge between two natural Republican allies: the nation's ...
No budging as fiscal cliff talks appear stalled
Republicans aren't budging on tax rates, and Democrats are resisting steps like raising the eligibility age for Medicare. Negotiations on averting a ...
Obama's fiscal cliff strategy is tricky balance
Playing both sides, President Barack Obama is trying to balance his public pressure campaign on Republicans over the looming "fiscal cliff" with his ...
'Cliff' movement? Obama, Boehner trade proposals
In a test of divided government, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner sought an elusive compromise Tuesday to prevent ...
Fiscal cliff: Private bargaining, public wrangling
In a test of divided government, the White House and congressional Republicans bargained in secret and sparred in public Tuesday over a deal to ...
Boehner: No progress in fiscal cliff talks
House Speaker John Boehner said Friday there has been no progress in negotiations to avert a "fiscal cliff" combination of automatic tax increases and ...
Leading conservative DeMint resigning Senate seat
Sen. Jim DeMint, patron saint of the tea party and a would-be Republican kingmaker, announced suddenly Thursday he would resign his South Carolina ...
Debt limit gives GOP leverage, Obama demands fix
The political fight that took the nation to the verge of defaulting on its debts last year is back, overshadowed by "fiscal cliff" disputes but with ...
Obama and Boehner discuss fiscal cliff by phone
For the first time in days, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner spoke by phone Wednesday about the "fiscal cliff" that threatens to ...