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White House spurns Republican offer on 'fiscal cliff' negotiations

WASHINGTON – The White House on Monday dismissed a Republican counteroffer to avert the so-called fiscal cliff as failing to “meet the test of balance” by resisting higher tax rates for the wealthy, a point that remains a key hurdle in the impasse over spending and revenues.

By Michael A. Memoli

December 3, 2012

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