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. Reporter entitlement spending is a key sticking point. Republicans complain democrats have already ruled out savings from Social Security and they are taking many options for medicare savings off the table. From a Republican Point of view, wanting something that is really structural in nature to bend the costcurve over time, i think Something Like eligibility age is probably a musthave for republicans to vote for a tax increase. Reporter if the twostep process doesnt come together in the next few days, House Republicans could move on to plan b. That could mean the house passes the Senate Tax Bill the president has urged them to take up. It extends the bush tax cuts for the middle class for a year. It raises the Capital Gains rate to 20 , and it pat
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. Reporter entitlement spending is a key sticking point. Republicans complain democrats have already ruled out savings from Social Security and they are taking many options for medicare savings off the table. From a Republican Point of view, wanting something that is really structural in nature to bend the costcurve over time, i think Something Like eligibility age is probably a musthave for republicans to vote for a tax increase. Reporter if the twostep process doesnt come together in the next few days, House Republicans could move on to plan b. That could mean the house passes the Senate Tax Bill the president has urged them to take up. It extends the bush tax cuts for the middle class for a year. It raises the Capital Gains rate to 20 , and it pat
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
hello, i m jennifer gilbert.a young man is found dead - at the inner harbor.his body was discovered floating in the water early this morning.now investtgators want to know what happened to him.it s a story we broke first on our website.. . fox baltimore dot com. and melinda roeder is live tonight from the harbor where she s been following the story. melinda? someone called 9-1-1 very early this morninn to report something suspicious - possibly a body - in the water. pt doesn t appear the young man had been in the water for very long.but it s too early to say if this as an accidental drowning - or something more sinister. 13:31:21 - nats of inner haabor by afternoon - theetypical weekend crowd of tourists filled boats and restaurants around the inner harbor.most of them - not knowing - about the tragic find - from hours earlier.13:27:52 yeah, it s actually pretty sad to be honest with you. it was around 3:30 sunday morninn that firefighters got the call - about a booy - seen