The Fiscal Cliff Deal That Almost Wasn't

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), right, discussed the ongoing fiscal cliff negotiations between House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama on Dec. 22, 2012. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images, File)

Politico:

House Speaker John Boehner couldn?t hold back when he spotted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the White House lobby last Friday.

It was only a few days before the nation would go over the fiscal cliff, no bipartisan agreement was in sight, and Reid had just publicly accused Boehner of running a ?dictatorship? in the House and caring more about holding onto his gavel than striking a deal.

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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/02/fiscal-cliff-deal-harry-reid_n_2394243.html

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