Republican support in the house for his plan the proposal on the fiscal cliff has embarrassed the speaker, but the speakers failure means a solution to the fiscal cliff is, if theyre going to be one, now resting squarely upon president obama. Arsine to be vacationing president alone cannot propose legislation that wins majority support in both the house and senate, and the decision to go over the fiscal cliff now depends on his ability to successfully negotiate and to forge a compromise that appeals to both republicans and the far left in mr. Obamas party. The president met with Senate Majority leader harry reid this afternoon and talked with Speaker Boehner to begin anew that effort to reach compromise. Averting this middleclass tax hike is not a democratic responsibility or republican responsibility. With their foes the American People have determined that governing is a shared responsibility between both parties in this Congress Laws can only pass with support from democrats and rep
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A lot of Crisis Management focus. When you are in a think tank, your real utility is not trying to secondguess the policymaker on the issue of the day, but to do some work to raise their game and help them look over the horizon to see what those issues that i will confront a year from now, five years from now, 10 years from now, how do i think more to strategically about the world. Former under secretary of defense from the center of National Security. Creationlournoy on the of the ncaa up and the tonight on 8 p. M. Eastern and pacific on q a. This morning on washington journal, a roundtable on how europe is responding to events in ukraine in the middle east with seven times Washington Times bureau chief martin klingst. Ther, lewis kelly from American Legion talking about efforts on capitol hill to address as meditations at the department. We will be looking for your calls good morning and work him to washington journal. As we come on the air this morning, there are conflicting reports
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