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Chill Hits Fiscal Cliff Talks

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The White House is mandating that tax hikes for the wealthiest Americans must be part of any deficit-reduction deal with congressional Republicans, who stand equally opposed. Negotiations have ground to a standstill. "There's no prospect for an agreement that doesn't involve those rates going up on the top 2 percent of the wealthiest," Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday. He also said the administration is "absolutely" willing to allow the package of deep automatic spending cuts and across-the-board tax hikes to take effect Jan. 1 if they don't get some increase in those tax rates. Toby Jorrin/AFP/Getty ImagesPresident Barack Obama accompanied by House... View Full Size President Barack Obama accompanied by House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, speaks to reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Nov 16, 2012.

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President Barack Obama

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0Obama has fixated on tax hikes for the rich at the exclusion of entitlement program reforms to curb spending, which they are seeking as part of a "balanced"
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House Speaker John Boehner

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0.17975"The president talks about a balanced approach, but he's rejected spending cuts that he has supported previously and refuses to identify serious spending cuts he is willing to make today," Boehner said
0.0406799"The president talks about a balanced approach, but he's rejected spending cuts that he has supported previously and refuses to identify serious spending cuts he is willing to make today," Boehner said Wednesday. "This is preventing us from reaching an agreement."
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Timothy Geithner

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0.125792"There's no prospect for an agreement that doesn't involve those rates going up on the top 2 percent of the wealthiest," Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said
0He also said the administration is "absolutely" ...
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