White House, GOP blame each other over stalled fiscal-cliff talks

WASHINGTON — Dueling on separate Sunday talk shows, House Speaker John A. Boehner said he was “flabbergasted” by the Obama administration’s latest proposal to avoid the fiscal cliff, while Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said Republicans were in a “difficult place” and had to make more concessions.

By Katherine Skiba

December 2, 2012