(Reuters) — U.S. House
of Representatives Republican leaders on Monday called for $2.2
trillion in new deficit-reduction over 10 years in their latest
effort to avert an end-of-year fiscal cliff.
When counting deficit
reductions enacted last year and anticipated savings from winding
down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the package would amount to
$4.6 trillion in savings over a decade, according to House
Republicans.
House Speaker John Boehner
and six other House Republican leaders made the offer in a letter to
President Barack Obama.
(Reporting by Richard
Cowan; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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