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“”Fiscal cliff” deal could fall in Harry Reid’s hands” 4
CBS NEWS
By Nancy Cordes
(CBS News) HAWAII – Democrats are now moving ahead on their own plan to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff” now that talks have broken down with House Speaker John Boehner.
The White House and congressional leaders have until January 1 to work out a budget deal.
Lawmakers still see path to avert “fiscal cliff”
Watch: No Christmas miracle on “fiscal cliff”Complete coverage of the “fiscal cliff” negotiations
Whatever happens next may essentially be a last-ditch effort to avert the “fiscal cliff.” Sources tell CBS News that aides to the president have been in preliminary talks with aides to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who himself was in Hawaii this weekend for the funeral of Sen. Daniel Inouye.
Reid is now working, sources say, on a smaller package than the comprehensive deal the president was working on with Boehner. The package would prevent tax rates from rising for middle-class families and perhaps cut some spending and tie up a few other loose ends… (Excerpt)
“Obama remains committed to assault weapons ban, White House says”
By Halimah Abdullah, CNN
Washington (CNN) – The White House said President Barack Obama supports reinstatement of a federal ban on assault weapons — a position he took in the 2008 campaign but failed to press during his first term.
“It does remain a commitment of his,” presidential spokesman Jay Carney told reporters as the nation reeled from a mass shooting in Connecticut that mainly killed school children.
An emotional Obama did not address that issue directly in a televised statement from the White House on the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown that killed 26 people but said something had to be done.
“We’re going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics,” said Obama, the father of two girls.
He wiped away tears when he spoke of the “beautiful little kids” killed in the massacre.
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