(Reuters)
— House Speaker John Boehner said White House and Republican
negotiators had made no progress in talks to avert the "fiscal
cliff" of sharp tax hikes and deep spending cuts that looms
early in January.
"We're
nowhere" Boehner, the top House Republican, said on "Fox
News Sunday."
"We've
put a serious offer on the table by putting revenues up there. ...
But the White House has responded with virtually nothing," he
said.
Boehner
said Congress will never agree to the White House suggestion that the
federal debt limit be raised without a congressional vote. "Congress
is never going to give up that power. ... It is the only way to
leverage the political process." he said.
(Reporting
by Jackie Frank; Editing by Bill Trott)
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