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Obama, Congress prepare to focus on ‘fiscal cliff’

KAILUA, Hawaii — President Barack Obama was planning to cut his Christmas vacation short and return to Washington to make a last-ditch push for a compromise on a tax and spending dispute with Congress that remains stubbornly unresolved.

A White House official said Tuesday that the president could depart as early as Wednesday.

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"The main obstacle remains the Republican-led House, where a bloc of conservatives has ruled out any tax increases whatsoever." But we ALL KNOW that the Times is going to blame Republicans no matter what they do.......Not Really. The main obstacle is Barack Obama who told John Boehner "John, I won. I don't have to cut anything. I get $800 Billion in new revenue for FREE!!"

And perhaps the Globe should quote some other "news sources" besides the NY Times and the Associated Press, which are just Propaganda arms of the White House.