President: ‘Whatever it takes' to avoid cliff
Thursday, November 29, 2012
WASHINGTON -- The White House on Wednesday hinted at fresh concessions on taxes and cuts to Medicare and other government benefit programs as bargaining with Republicans lurched ahead to avoid the year-end "fiscal cliff" that threatens to send the economy into a tailspin.
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