Geithner: White House 'absolutely' ready to go over 'fiscal cliff'
(CNN) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday the Obama White House is prepared for the tax increases and spending cuts ahead in the new year should the negotiations with congressional Republicans not move from the current stalemate.
"Oh, absolutely," he said in an interview with CNBC, when asked if the administration was prepared to go over the cliff.
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White House weighs in on Puerto Rican statehood vote
San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN) - After more than 800,000 Puerto Rican voters said they want the island to become the 51st U.S. state, the White House is calling on lawmakers to take action.
"Congress should now study the results closely, and provide the people of Puerto Rico with a clear path forward that lays out the means by which Puerto Ricans themselves can determine their own status," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters this week.
FULL STORYVideo: Watts suggests he can bring increased diversity to RNC
(CNN) - Former Rep. J.C. Watts, who has indicated interest in running for the Republican National Committee chairmanship, suggested he could help his party build relationships with diverse voters. RNC members, however, have dismissed the idea of Watts unseating chairman Reince Priebus with skepticism, disbelief and even a hint of ridicule.
“I think God likes diversity. So if it’s good for God it ought to be good for Republicans,” he said on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront.” “But the fact is its hard to have perspective and it’s hard to have diversity with women or black or red or yellow or brown or white if you have no relationships.
“And if I don't know the chairman of the Republican National Committee, I have no confidence that he has any relationship” with black, white, or Hispanic voters, he said.
Kerry blasts Santorum's opposition to disability treaty
(CNN) - Sen. John Kerry fired back Wednesday at former Sen. Rick Santorum's strong opposition to a U.N. treaty promoting the rights of the disabled that failed in the Senate this week.
"Rick Santorum was just not factual," Kerry said on CNN's "The Situation Room."
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House Republicans stick with Boehner on fiscal cliff
Washington (CNN) - U.S. House Speaker John Boehner has faced tricky negotiations before.
He bargained with President Barack Obama and the Democratic-led Senate over the debt ceiling, funding the government and extending tax cuts. In every case, the speaker's boisterous conference of conservatives refused to fall in line, resisting almost every major concession Boehner tried to put on the table to extract something for his side.
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Lone vote cast for keeping term 'lunatic' in federal law
(CNN) - The U.S. House passed a bill Wednesday to do away with the word "lunatic" in federal law with a sole congressman voting against the measure, insisting in Washington the word still has an application.
Three hundred ninety-eight congressmen voted in favor of passing the bill. Thirty two did not vote and one, Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Republican from Texas, voted against the measure, which passed the Senate in May with no opposition.
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Don't talk to Hillary Clinton about 2016, at least not right now
Washington (CNN) - Hillary Clinton clearly has a lot of thinking to do once her time ends at the State Department. And it appears there is no shortage of sounding boards in Washington should she decide to seek the presidency in 2016.
Democratic strategist and CNN Contributor Hilary Rosen bantered briefly with Clinton before the November election about the prospect of a second run for the White House. It was a "sign me up for that" type of chat which, Rosen cautions, did not last long.
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Digital experts: Social media and dual screens the future of online campaigning
Washington (CNN) - In 2008, Twitter was a new, fledgling platform that had yet to reveal itself as useful for campaigns and media outlets, and Facebook was still viewed as a message board for college students.
Fast-forward to 2012, when nearly every campaign - for everyone from Mitt Romney and President Obama to the local sheriff – employed targeted strategies online to raise campaign cash, advance their message, and speak directly to both supporters and persuadable voters.
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GOP senator backs tax rate hike on wealthy
Washington (CNN) - In a significant development in the fiscal cliff standoff, Republican Sen. Tom Coburn, a leading deficit hawk, said Wednesday he would support higher tax rates on wealthier Americans as part of a broader deal with President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats to avoid the crisis.
"I know we have to raise revenue," the senator from Oklahoma told MSNBC. "I don't really care which way we do it. Actually, I would rather see rates go up than do it the other way, because it gives us a greater chance to reform the tax code and broaden the base in the future."
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Borger: Cliff is Congress' own creation
(CNN) - Congressional leaders brought the "fiscal cliff" upon themselves, CNN chief political analyst Gloria Borger says.
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