Hello there. Welcome to newsline. Its wednesday january 2nd. Im Catherine Kobayashi in tokyo. Politicians and pundits have warned for months of the dangers as the United States pushed closer to the fiscal cliff. They warned simultaneous tax increases and spending cuts would push the economy back into recession. Members of the Senate Passed a bill aimed at steering the country away from the edge. But lawmakers in the house of representatives say they dont like the deal. The senate sent the bill to the republicandominated house early on tuesday. It would raise taxes on people who made 400,000 or more and couples that earn 450,000 or more. It maintains tax cuts for the middle class. The bill postpones by two months major spending cuts scheduled to start on wednesday. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi called for a bipartisan agreement to head quickly to a vote. But House Speaker john boehner said many republicans are unhappy and want to rework the bill. Theyre calling for more cuts to s
And south korea finally agree to talk on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security summit in haiti. Prism obama had pushed both leaders to me and then strained relations before supper showbiz it to the asian region in april. As the first sign of the three of us have had an opportunity to meet together and discuss some serious challenges the wheel brace. Obviously japan and. The republic of korea are. Two of our closest allies in the world the present market. We had to put the significant opportunity for the tree to sit down to get there. When i get to know. I believe it is a meaningful chance to have a dialogue with president obama and Prime Minister the company. Prime minister of defense president obama and reid is present pop in the green line which. I want to sincerely thank president obama. I am happy to meet present. It was very happy to meet you because of its upcoming fifth on the new one my muscle. Nothing that the fifty minute meeting focused mainly on the Common Security threat i
Hello there. Welcome to newsline. Its wednesday january 2nd. Im Catherine Kobayashi in tokyo. Politicians and pundits have warned for months of the dangers as the United States pushed closer to the fiscal cliff. They warned simultaneous tax increases and spending cuts would push the economy back into recession. Members of the Senate Passed a bill aimed at steering the country away from the edge. But lawmakers in the house of representatives say they dont like the deal. The senate sent the bill to the republicandominated house early on tuesday. It would raise taxes on people who made 400,000 or more and couples that earn 450,000 or more. It maintains tax cuts for the middle class. The bill postpones by two months major spending cuts scheduled to start on wednesday. House democratic leader ncy pelosi called for a bipartisan agreement to head quickly to a vote. But House Speaker john boehner said many republicans are unhappy and want to rework the bill. Theyre calling for more cuts to soc
Couples that earn 450,000 or more. It maintains tax cuts for the middle class. The bill postpones by two months major spending cuts scheduled to start on wednesday. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi called for a bipartisan agreement to head quickly to a vote. But House Speaker john boehner said many republicans are unhappy and want to rework the bill. Theyre calling for more cuts to social security. That could set up a showdown with the senate and risk turmoil on financial markets. Irans navy conducted a sixday drill near the strait of hormuz in the persian gulf. Its the countrys latest show of strength amid sanctions and criticism by the u. S. And europe over its nuclear development. The iranian navy launched missiles called ghader on tuesday successfully destroying its targets at sea. Military analysts say the weapon was recently developed to attack foreign warships deployed in the persian gulf. The navy has been holding the drill from the strait of hormuz to the northern part of
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