Boehner taking "glass half full" approach to "fiscal cliff" talks

November 28, 2012 10:09 AM

During his weekly press conference Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, rebuffed the idea that the GOP should go along with President Obama's plan to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the middle class before addressing the rest of the nation's fiscal issues, but insisted he's still an "optimist" that a deal can be reached by the year's end deadline.

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