"Fiscal cliff" talks stall in final hours, no votes Sunday
(CNN) -- Senate Republicans and Democrats remain far apart in their effort to avert a year-end combination of spending cuts and tax increases that could trigger a new recession, Majority Leader Harry Reid said Sunday.
Middle class Americans may not escape higher taxes come January
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- For middle class Americans, there may be no escaping higher taxes, come January.
Senate leaders will try to work out a fiscal cliff deal
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A political summit on Friday at the White House left it to the Senate's top Democrat and Republican to work out a possible compromise to avoid the fiscal cliff, participants said.
Obama, Congressional leaders to discuss fiscal cliff impasse
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Barack Obama and congressional leaders will discuss the looming fiscal cliff impasse Friday at the White House, spokespeople for the president and House Speaker John Boehner said.
Down to the fiscal cliff wire, with no solution in sight
(CNN) -- Call it a bigger, bolder version of the deadline-driven congressional stalemates over taxes and spending that have come to define Washington dysfunction of the past two years.
Pres. Obama to attend Hawaii memorial service for Inouye
(CNN) -- President Obama will attend the final memorial service for the late Sen.
Pres. Obama nominates John Kerry to be secretary of state
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Sen.
Boehner's fiscal cliff bill pulled amid dissension in GOP caucus
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- House Speaker John Boehner's proposal to avert the looming fiscal cliff's automatic tax increases failed to curry enough Republican support Thursday night, after which Congress left for the holiday with no clear end in sight in the high-stakes debate.
Pres. Obama: Proposals to address gun violence due by January
(CNN) -- The nation will have a set of recommendations to address widespread gun violence within weeks, President Barack Obama announced Wednesday.
Obama to lay out first steps in gun policy talks after Newtown tragedy
(CNN) -- With the shock and horror from Newtown giving way to anger and calls for action, President Barack Obama will announce his first concrete steps Wednesday in addressing the raging debate about gun policy.
Boehner proposes short-term tax fix; Democrats say no
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In the chess match of the fiscal cliff negotiations, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are narrowing the divide between their positions while contending with discontent among their respective ranks.
Sandy Hook tragedy sparks debate over gun control
OAK CREEK -- The tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School is sparking a new, invigorated debate over gun control.
Dems cast Wisconsin's electoral votes for Pres. Obama
MADISON (AP) -- Wisconsin Democrats have cast the state's 10 electoral votes for Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
Pres. Obama, House Speaker Boehner meet again on fiscal cliff
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner met at the White House on Monday after the leading Republican negotiator made expected concessions over the weekend that moved the negotiations to a new level.
President Obama attends memorial service in Newtown Sunday
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama attended a memorial service Sunday, December 16th in Newtown, Conn., the site of Friday's deadly elementary school shooting.
Obama remains committed to assault weapons ban, White House says
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The White House said President Barack Obama supports reinstatement of a federal ban on assault weapons -- a position he took in the 2008 campaign but failed to press during his first term.
Source: Obama to tap Sen. Kerry for next secretary of state
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama has decided to nominate Sen.
Boehner offers to include higher tax rates on wealthy to avoid fiscal cliff
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- House Speaker John Boehner has offered to include higher tax rates on the wealthiest Americans as part of a deficit-reduction deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, a source close to the talks confirmed to CNN on Saturday, December 15th.
Wiping away tears, Pres. Obama mourns children killed in school shooting
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Wiping away tears and choking up, President Barack Obama mourned the "beautiful little kids" slain Friday in a shooting massacre at a Connecticut school and called for preventing similar tragedies "regardless of the politics."
Fiscal cliff delays holiday homecoming for Congress
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In what now seems like a fairy tale scenario, Friday was supposed to conclude the 112th Congress, with members heading home for holiday cheer with their loved ones.