Boehner says stalemate persists in "fiscal cliff" talks
Posted : Friday, 07 December 2012 11:23AM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Speaker John Boehner said on Friday that talks this week with President Barack Obama produced no progress, and he renewed his demand that the president provide a new offer to avert "the fiscal cliff."
At a Capitol Hill news conference, Boehner accused the president of "slow-walking the economy" toward a crush of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes at year-end.
(Reporting By Thomas Ferraro and Kim Dixon; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
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