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House will consider Senate’s fiscal cliff bill: Boehner

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives will consider legislation to avert the “fiscal cliff” if the Senate passes such a measure, House Speaker John Boehner said on Monday. “The House will honor its commitment to consider the Senate agreement if it is passed. Decisions about whether the House will seek to accept or promptly amend the measure will not be made until House members … have been able to review the legislation,” Boehner and other House Republican leaders said in a statement. A House vote could come as early as Tuesday. …

House Republicans unveil new fiscal cliff offer

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Republican leaders on Monday called for $2.2 trillion in new deficit-reduction over 10 years in their latest effort to avert an end-of-year fiscal cliff. When counting deficit reductions enacted last year and anticipated savings from winding down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the package would amount to $4.6 trillion in savings over a decade, according to House Republicans. House Speaker John Boehner and six other House Republican leaders made the offer in a letter to President Barack Obama. …

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