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U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner said Republicans are committed to continuing to work with the president to come to an agreement to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty ImagesBehind closed doors, the talks continue. But negotiations between White House officials and congressional leaders on the so-called fiscal cliff see stanley cup m to be going nowhere. And at the center of it all: tax rates, revenue and a looming Dec. 31 deadline.What happens after that date More than $500 billion in tax increases for almost every taxpayer and sweeping spending cuts are scheduled to take effect for the 2013 fiscal year. That is, unless President Obama and the opposing Republicans can reach an alternate deal to reduce the deficit. But the two parties can ;t seem to agree on a solution. While both sides stanley cup say they will agree to spending cuts, there are big differences on how much should be on the chopping block. At the moment, there a big divide over taxes: the president is calling for an increase in taxes on wealthy Americans and extending tax cuts to families making $250,000 or less. Meanwhile, Republican leaders are pushing back against this plan, with an emphasis on closing loopholes and deductions. There ; stanley cup s also a lot of talk about a grand bargain to serve as a compromise between the two parties, which would bring substantial changes to programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. But Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin Opot Stay at home : UK limits gatherings to 2 people in virus response
NASHVILLE, Tenn. AP 鈥?One of the two Black Democrats who was thrown out of the Tennessee House last week appeared likely to get his seat back Monday, just days after the GOP exacted retribution against the lawmakers who called for more gun control.Nashville Metro Council could return Justin Jones to the Legislature immediately when it votes to fill the vacant position on an interim basis.READ M stanley cup ORE: Both expelled Tennessee lawmakers seeking a return to their seatsJones and another Black lawmaker were expelled by the Republican supermajority for their role in a gun-control protest at the Capitol in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in Nashville.The other expelled representative, Justin Pearson, could be reappointed Wednesday at a meeting asics of the Shelby County Commission in his district.The expulsions on Thursday made Tennessee a new front in the battle for the future of American democracy and propelled the ousted lawmakers into the national spotlight.Members of the Nashville council have said publicly that they want to send Jones back to the Capitol. The vote will happen as state lawmakers hold their first floor sessions since the expulsion votes.Special elections for the seats will take place in the coming months. Jones and Pearson have said they want to be reappointed and plan to run in the special elections.Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton spokesperson, Doug Kufner, indicated that whoever is appointed to the vaca nike dunk ncies by the Nashville and Shel