Obama spoke to Congressional leaders about budget deal
The White House spokesman Dan Pfeiffer has revealed that Barack Obama spoke to all four Congressional leaders about the impending budget deadline before he left Hawaii:
President Obama spoke to all four Congressional leaders yesterday before departing for Washington, DC
From @pfeiffer44 on Twitter:
America's budget crisis has been averted, but not solved
America's financial crisis has been averted, not solved. We've had the fiscal cliff. Now get ready for the debt abyss.
What is America's 'fiscal cliff'?
Democrats and Republicans have so far failed to agree on an alternative plan to the tax increases and spending cuts scheduled for January 1.