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No "substantive" progress made on fiscal cliff: Boehner
1 of 2. U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 28, 2012. Boehner voiced optimism that Republicans could broker a deal with the White House to avoid year-end austerity measures, saying on Wednesday that Republicans were willing to put revenues on the table if Democrats agreed to spending cuts.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday that no substantive progress has been made to avoid the "fiscal cliff" of spending cuts and tax hikes that will start to go into effect early next year if Washington does not act.
"Listen, I remain hopeful that productive conversations can be had in the days ahead. But the White House has to get serious," House of Representatives Speaker Boehner told reporters after a meeting with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the White House's main liaison to Congress.
Boehner characterized the discussion with Geithner as frank but said the treasury secretary did not provide a substantive plan for dealing with the fiscal cliff.
(Reporting By Dave Lawder and Rachelle Younglai; Editing by Vicki Allen)
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All you have to do is advocate for closing tax loopholes and insisting that the wealthy pay their fair share. Then, and only then, will you have the right to complain about Geithner. But so far I haven’t seen that coming from you. Just unsubstantiated attacks against Americans who think and a whole lot of whining.
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