Boehner, Obama meet amid frustration over "fiscal cliff" talks

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Boehner, Obama meet amid frustration over "fiscal cliff" talks

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/serious-differences-remain-fiscal-cliff-talks-drag-004519947--sector.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/f.f5iBGA_zgf.6jjXc6a0w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-12-13T184006Z_10_CBRE8B91D8J00_RTROPTP_2_USA-FISCAL-TALKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. House Speaker Boehner speaks to the media outside his office on Capitol Hill in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. House Speaker Boehner speaks to the media outside his office on Capitol Hill in Washington" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner met for an hour on Thursday as frustration mounted over the lack of progress on averting the &quot;fiscal cliff&quot; of steep tax increases and spending cuts. With an end-of-year deadline looming, the two leaders came together at the White House in an attempt to rejuvenate negotiations that had become bogged down in a daily round of finger-pointing. Earlier in the day, Boehner criticized Obama for putting jobs and the economic recovery at risk by insisting on raising tax rates for the wealthiest 2 percent. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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