Opposition to the president s demand for higher taxes on the wealthiest americans and an Automatic Extension of the federal debt limit. It was the third facetoface meeting between the president and boehner in eight days. Darren gersh has the latest. Reporter House Speaker john boehner wasnt talking after meeting with the president today. But his offer to raise taxes on those making more than a Million Dollars a year was taken as a sign that some progress is being made to avoid the fiscal cliff. Former clinton budget director alice rivlin expects the final deal will play out in two steps. First the president and the speaker agree on some numbers. How much do we need over ten years from taxes and some specifics about how we get them. But not too many. And how much do we need to take out of the major entitlement programs to slow the growth and then they will kick it to the next congress but not kick it so much as instruct the next congress to bring back a plan that will meet those numbers
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