A political summit on Friday at the White House left it to the Senate’s top Democrat and Republican to work out a possible compromise to avoid the fiscal cliff, participants said.
White House officials said Thursday that President Barack Obama will not send a fiscal cliff measure to Capitol Hill, while Republicans insisted they were expecting more details on the president’s proposal.
President Barack Obama will narrowly win the presidential vote in Florida, CNN projected, based on updated vote totals provided by the counties to the state by Saturday’s noon deadline.
President Barack Obama on Friday will provide his first public comments on the upcoming negotiations with Congress on how to deal with pending tax hikes and spending cuts.
Normally rivals, President Barack Obama and Gov. Chris Christie made no mention of politics Wednesday to tour and assess widespread devastation in New Jersey.