Report: Obama is not making a new offer at 'fiscal cliff' meeting with congressional leaders

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3. Obama not making new fiscal cliff offer to Congress: source

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-usa-fiscal-obama-planbre8br0il-20121228,0,5461211.story

President Barack Obama was not planning to make a new offer to avert the tax hikes and spending cuts that loom on January 1 at a White House meeting with congressional leaders on Friday, a source familiar with the meeting said.

At the meeting, Obama was set to ask lawmakers to hold a vote on a plan that would allow taxes to rise on those who earn $250,000 and up, and that would extend unemployment insurance benefits, according to the source. (Reporting by Mark Felsenthal and Roberta Rampton)