Sunday, December 30, 2012

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com: Senate Fiscal Cliff Deal: Negotiations Reach Standstill In Congress

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Senate Fiscal Cliff Deal: Negotiations Reach Standstill In Congress
Dec 30th 2012, 19:27

BY ANDREW TAYLOR, ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has asked Vice President Joe Biden to become involved in a last-minute effort to avert tax increases on virtually every worker. Top Senate Democrat Harry Reid acknowledged McConnell had made an offer last night but said "at this point we are unable to make a counter-offer."

The public exchange between the top negotiators on averting the so-called fiscal cliff injected a note of pessimism little more than 24 hours before taxes are set to go up.


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