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Congress Stands on Edge of Fiscal Cliff, Considers Jumping

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Kragar12/30/2012 12:55:45 pm PST

Boehner: Don’t blame GOP for fiscal cliff

“Americans elected President Obama to lead, not cast blame,” the top Republican in Congress said in a statement shortly after an interview aired in which Obama accused Republicans of dropping the ball on negotiations to prevent huge tax hikes and spending cuts from kicking in on January 1.

“Republicans made every effort to reach the ‘balanced’ deficit agreement that the president promised the American people, while the president has continued to insist on a package skewed dramatically in favor of higher taxes that would destroy jobs,” Boehner added.

“We’ve been reasonable and responsible. The president is the one who has never been able to get to ‘yes.’

I’m pretty fucking comfortable with blaming the GOP.