Boehner: White House willing to "slow-walk" up to "fiscal cliff"

U.S. House Speaker Boehner speaks to the media outside his office in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner on Thursday again rejected President Barack Obama's demand for increased power to raise the U.S. debt and charged that the White House seems willing to "slow-walk our economy right up to the 'fiscal cliff.'" The White House and Congress face a year-end deadline to avert the so-called fiscal cliff of automatic tax hikes and budget cuts that experts fear could plunge the nation into another recession. "The president wants to pretend spending isn't the problem. That's why we don't have an agreement" to reduce the …

A sick world: We live longer, with more pain and illness

Yuefeng stands in elevator of her apartment building at Cherish Yearn care center facility in ShanghaiLONDON (Reuters) – The world has made huge progress fighting killer infectious diseases, but as a result we now lead longer and sicker lives, with health problems that cause us years of pain, disability and mental distress. This "devastating irony", as researchers describe it, is the main conclusion of a five-year study that forms the most comprehensive assessment of global health in the history of medicine, according to the journal publishing the research. …

Boehner: Congress will never give up debt limit control

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner said on Thursday there was “zero chance” that Congress would give up its control over raising the federal debt limit. In a news conference in which he expressed frustration that President Barack Obama has not met his demands for deeper spending cuts, Boehner dismissed any notions that Republicans would agree to Obama’s request for permanent authority to increase borrowing. “Congress is never going to give up our ability to control the purse,” Boehner said. …

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