The White House and a key congressional Democrat hinted at fresh
concessions on taxes and cuts to Medicare and other government benefit
programs Wednesday as bargaining with Republicans lurched ahead to avoid
the year-end "fiscal cliff" that threatens to send the economy into a
tailspin.
Increasing numbers of rank-and-file Republicans also said they were ready to give ground, a boost for House Speaker John Boehner and other party leaders who say they will agree to higher tax revenues as part of a deal if it also curbs benefit programs as a way to rein in federal deficits.
Read more: http://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2012/11/28/first_cracks_in_gop_resolve_on_tax_rates
Increasing numbers of rank-and-file Republicans also said they were ready to give ground, a boost for House Speaker John Boehner and other party leaders who say they will agree to higher tax revenues as part of a deal if it also curbs benefit programs as a way to rein in federal deficits.
Read more: http://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2012/11/28/first_cracks_in_gop_resolve_on_tax_rates
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