0040 Hrs GMT
London
Monday
31 December 2012
Boasting, bragging, opportunist, class-warrior Conman Cameron heads for the cliff, just as the Wall Street Journal admits the USA itself is heading for the cliff!
Congress Meets Cliff's Edge
Senate Budget Talks Bear Little Fruit as Lawmakers Reach Year-End Deadline
BY JANET HOOK AND SIOBHAN HUGHES
Senate negotiations to craft a bipartisan budget deal proceeded in chaotic fits and starts Sunday, raising new questions about whether Congress would be able to steer the country away from the fiscal cliff.
The day featured 11th-hour negotiations between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.), lengthy closed-door meetings by each party and a new effort to involve Vice President Joe Biden in the talks. The Senate had set itself a goal of hatching a deal by midafternoon Sunday, a deadline that slipped by as both sides instead bickered in public
[and then Rupert Murdoch blocked access to the rest of the WSJ story]
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