Attack on the United States embassy in iman, jordan. Ill ask the countrys foreign minister for details. Hes standing by live. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin this afternoon with brandnew republican offers to try to save the 2. 2 trillion and avoid the socalled fiscal cliff. The acrosstheboard spending cuts and sharp tax increases that hit in just 29 days. Lets get straight to our senior Congressional Correspondent dana bash. Shes watching whats going on. Dana, the tax rates, first of all, lets get to a major Sticking Point right now. Theres been a counterproposal from House Republicans to the white house. You have details. Reporter thats right. Lets start exactly where you just began on those tax rates because that has become the big divide between the two sides. The answer is the House Republicans are not budging. They still want to continue the bush era tax rates at all income levels. Lets get specific. First of all, the counterproposal, they say they would get
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Again, we say theres no prospect for an agreement that doesnt involve those tax rates going up. Remember, its 2 . Remember, all of those americans, too, get a tax cut into that framework on the first 250,000 of their income. That said the president and Speaker John Boehner discussed the budget by phone yesterday. Susan mcginnis is in washington with the latest on this game of fiscal chicken. Susan, good morning to you. Right. Good morning, terrell. Yeah, that phone call does raise the possibility that some serious talks could start soon, but now we learn that a lot of members of congress are heading out on a long weekend, not to return till tuesday. This as the impasse here on capitol hill continues and the nation waits. Social security workers marched outside their office in baltimore wednesday. Theyre protesting the Government Spending cuts due to kick in at the end of the year as part of the fiscal cliff. We dont want to see our public hurt in any way. Just down the road in washingt