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December 14, 2012

Dems draw red line on raising Medicare age, complicating talks

While Democrats claim Republican resistance to tax hikes has hamstrung House Speaker John Boehner in talks over the looming fiscal crisis, President Obama's allies are drawing some red lines of their own.

December 13, 2012

Boehner, Obama meet amid doubts on Hill over fiscal crisis talks

With the tone of fiscal talks becoming more rancorous by the day, House Speaker John Boehner and President Obama had another meeting at the White House late Thursday afternoon to see if they could make some headway.
December 11, 2012

Obama, Boehner talk by phone after exchange of offers on averting fiscal crisis

Senior administration officials tell Fox News that President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner spoke on the telephone early Tuesday evening. The conversation occurred after both sides exchanged new proposals on how to avoid looming fiscal cliff.