Negotiations are at a stalemate in Washington on how to resolve a contentious end-of-year dispute over government spending and tax policies. The Republican leader of the House of Representatives, Speaker John Boehner, told reporters Friday that he had a pleasant telephone conversation with President Barack Obama earlier in the week. But Boehner said that no progress was made in reaching a compromise on averting what Washington is calling a "fiscal cliff," $600 billion in ...
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