Hill leaders voice new confidence in deficit deal

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

• President Barack Obama pauses Friday while hosting a meeting of the bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress to discuss the deficit and economy in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, House Speaker John Boehner of O...

WASHINGTON—Congressional leaders from both parties voiced fresh optimism Friday after meeting with newly re-elected President Barack Obama about avoiding year-end “fiscal cliff” tax increases and spending cuts that would hammer the middle class and risk plunging the economy into...

Published: 11/17/2012