There are a few different cast
members, but the dialogue of the fiscal
cliff drama is the same as it was
yesterday. And the day before that.
And the day before that.
Progress on the negotiations remains
deadlocked, with a plunge over the cliff
looking more and more likely as the
remaining hours wane before the
looming tax increases and spending
cuts are set to take effect at the
beginning of next year.
Recommended: Reid: Fiscal cliff failure
looks likely due to Boehner's House
'dictatorship'
With House members away from the
Capitol until Sunday, Senate leaders
Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell spent
the lawmakers' first day back after the
Christmas holiday mostly rehashing the
same rhetorical salvos launched by
their House counterparts before the
break.
‘Dictatorship’ and ‘debacle’: Reid
blasts Boehner on fiscal cliff
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
condemns House Speaker John
Boehner for not calling
representatives back to Washington
as the fiscal cliff deadline looms.
"I have to be honest — I don’t know,
time-wise, how it can happen now,"
Democratic leader Reid lamented on
the Senate floor earlier today, lashing
House Speaker John Boehner for ruling
the House by "dictatorship" by failing
to bring compromise measures backed
by Democrats to come up for a vote.
McConnell, the chief negotiator for
Republicans in the Senate, also held
firm Thursday, slamming Democrats for
failing to push measures that could
garner sufficient support from
Republicans.
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