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... this and have a pro-growth tax cut at the same time. GWEN IFILL: Andy Kohut, which part of this argument resonates with voters? The fiscal cliff that John Taylor mentioned, which is a big fiscal disaster potentially that could happen by the end of the year, are voters paying ...
... the hashtag #allaccess. Christina will answer them Friday at 1 p.m. ET. Gwen Ifill looked at the new Congressional Budget Office report about the fiscal cliff, which is fast approaching. Watch her report here. Romney will outline his plans for energy independence at an event Thursday in New Mexico ...
... major recession next year if scheduled spending cuts and tax hikes kick in, in January. The Congressional Budget Office said going over the so-called fiscal cliff could have dire consequences. Unless Congress acts, Americans can expect more than $300 billion in tax increases, as Bush era tax cuts expire ...
... is hoping that all this blows over and the press corps moves on. In this case, I don't think that will happen. Given the Fiscal Cliff, budget choices for the person elected in November are more the whole ball game than in any presidential race I can recall. The ...
... the president and the congressional leadership did come in a summit and did forge an agreement to take us back from the prospect of the fiscal cliff that everybody seems concerned about -- and understandably -- next January, in prospect, that that would have a stabilizing and confidence-building reaction in people ...
... actuarially sound. JEFFREY BROWN: Susan, we were looking, watching the rest of the other -- rest of the reports out today and the sort of a fiscal cliff fears. Is it not possible that these demands and the cutbacks to the states will get even worse? SUSAN URAHN: I think there ...
Mitt Romney. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. CHICAGO | In a campaign getting nastier by the minute, you could see it coming that Mitt Romney's singing would eventually be used against him. On the trail this year, the presumptive Republican nominee has made it a habit to go phrase-by-phrase through several verses of "America the...
President Obama asked Congress Monday to extend for another year the Bush-era tax cut for middle class Americans, but presidential candidate Mitt Romney said the White House plan doesn't go far enough. NewsHour Political Editor Christina Bellantoni and Stuart Rothenberg of the Rothenberg Political Report discuss the latest.
IMF Warns of "Tepid" U.S. Recovery, Offers Policy Advice
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned both Republicans and Democrats Tuesday they likely need to come up with better solutions for dealing with the so-called "fiscal cliff" facing America after the election. At the end of 2012, Bush-era tax cuts are set to expire and scheduled spending cuts would take effect unless Congress and the...
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