Obama ratchets up pressure on Republicans to negotiate fiscal cliff deal
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is applying pressure on Republicans to negotiate a fiscal…
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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is applying pressure on Republicans to negotiate a fiscal deal, arguing that GOP leaders have rejected his past attempts to strike a bigger and more comprehensive bargain.
Obama says his offers to Republicans “have been so fair that a lot of Democrats get mad at me.” He cited a proposal he made to House Speaker John Boehner to reduce cost-of-living increases for Social Security beneficiaries.
Obama made his remarks during an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” show that aired Sunday. Obama granted the interview as the Senate’s Democratic and Republican leaders worked to cut a scaled-back bargain to avoid automatic tax increases on nearly all Americans.
He says Republicans have “had trouble saying yes to a number of repeated offers.”
