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Sen. McConnell appeals to Biden on 'cliff'

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has appealed directly to Vice
President Biden to try to break an impasse in a last-ditch deal to avoid the
'fiscal cliff', as Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid steps back from
talks.

On the Senate floor just after 2 p.m., McConnell said he had delivered Senate Democrats an offer at 7 p.m. Saturday, and had yet to hear back from them with a potential counter-offer.

In hopes of reaching a last-minute deal, McConnell said he had reached out to Biden.

Read more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2012/12/30/mcconnell-reaches-out-to-biden-reid-steps-back/

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