Barack Obama
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Fiscal cliff: Obama visits Northern Virginia family
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President Obama, visiting the Northern Virginia home of Tiffany and Richard Santana, said every day that passes without a solution to the fiscal problem creates more stress and uncertainty for American families.
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Obama willing to go over the fiscal cliff, White House says
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The White House is signaling that President Obama is willing to let the country go over the "fiscal cliff," a hard-line negotiating strategy aimed at winning concessions from Republicans on taxes.
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Fiscal Cliff: Pentagon begins planning $500 billion in cuts
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Pentagon spokesman George Little says the Pentagon started this week to look at how to implement the cuts, which amount to 9.4 percent across the board.
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Fiscal Cliff: Obama won't deal unless taxes are raised on the weathly
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Obama says there will be no deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" unless Republicans drop their opposition to raising tax rates on the wealthiest Americans.
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Fiscal Cliff: Washington Post poll asks who would be blamed more
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Poll asks who is more to blame if the fiscal cliff agreement isn't reached.
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Fiscal Cliff: GOP proposes $2.2 trillion plan
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The GOP plan proposes to raise $800 billion in higher tax revenue over the decade but it would keep the Bush-era tax cuts - including those for wealthier earners targeted by Obama - in place for now.
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Voters sound off on 'fiscal cliff'
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In the nation's capital, and across the country, it's a new and negative phrase in our political landscape. "I want 'fiscal cliff' to go flying off the cliff," says Mary Moran, visiting D.C. from Massachusetts.
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Inside Washington Dec. 2, 2012
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This week on Inside Washington: Heading for the fiscal cliff - Who will blink first?
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Fiscal Cliff: Obama in Pennsylvania to discuss plan
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"I believe America only thrives when we have a strong and growing middle class," Obama told the crowd Friday.
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John Boehner meets with Tim Geithner over fiscal cliff
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House Speaker John Boehner met with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on Thursday and accused Democrats afterward of failing to outline specific cuts to avert the "fiscal cliff" that threatens to send the economy into recession.
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Obama, Romney meet for lunch at White House
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The conversation during the hourlong meeting between Obama and Romney focused on America's leadership in the world and the importance of maintaining that leadership position. The lunch menu included white turkey chili and Southwestern grilled chicken salad.
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Fiscal Cliff: Obama hopeful as GOP lawmaker urges tax cut extension
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Obama said Wednesday he still believes that members of both parties can reach a framework agreement on a debt-cutting deal before Christmas.
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Grover Norquist: Some GOP lawmakers now reject tax pledge
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Grover Norquist, the head of the conservative Americans for Tax Reform, opposes tax increases of any kind, whether eliminating deductions, a position some GOP lawmakers say they're open to, or raising rates.
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NYT political columnist Maureen Dowd compares RGIII to Obama
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She suggests Obama could learn a thing or two from the Redskins' rookie quarterback.
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President Obama shops at Va. bookstore for Small Business Saturday
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President Obama and his two daughters took part in Small Business Saturday by visiting the independent neighborhood bookstore One More Page Books today in Arlington.
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U.S. sends Clinton to Mideast to try to end conflict
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Efforts to end a week-old convulsion of Israeli-Palestinian violence drew in the world's top diplomats on Tuesday, with President Barack Obama dispatching his secretary of state to the region on an emergency mission and the U.N. chief appealing from Cairo for an immediate cease-fire.
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Turkey pardon: Obama set to pardon Virginia turkey
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Two Rockingham County toms are scheduled to leave Monday for Washington where President Barack Obama will pardon one of the two on Wednesday.
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Fiscal cliff: Obama meets with congressional leaders
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Congressional leaders from both parties voiced fresh optimism Friday after meeting with newly re-elected President Barack Obama about avoiding year-end "fiscal cliff" tax increases and spending cuts that would hammer the middle class and risk plunging the economy into recession.
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