From
ThinkProgress: With four days left until the end of the year, President Obama will
host the congressional leaders in the Oval Office today in hopes of
reaching a compromise.
The House and Senate are back in session, but
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) refuses to take an up or down vote on a
Senate-passed bill extending tax cuts to Americans earning less than
$250,000 and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is now
demanding spending cuts to pay for an extension to the federal
unemployment insurance program that expires at the end of the year.
The
Washington Post
reports
that McConnell “for the first time was engaged directly in talks with
the White House. He signaled an interest in cutting a deal.”
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