No deal in sight 1 month before U.S. 'fiscal cliff'
World BusinessDec 1, 2012
Washington politicians have one month to step back from the so-called “fiscal cliff,” across-the-board tax hikes and austerity-driven spending cuts likely to return the country to recession, and a top Republican declares there has been no real progress after two weeks of talks between President Barack Obama and a divided Congress.The president, who has called for settling the issue before Christmas, visited a Philadelphia suburb to campaign for his demand that any deal include higher tax rates o