Bickering trumps bargaining on looming ‘cliff’

  • By DAVID ESPO
    Associated Press
  • Friday, November 30th, 2012
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AP photo Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, flanked by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Thursday following a meeting with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on the fiscal cliff negotiations.

AP photo Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, flanked by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Thursday following a meeting with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on the fiscal cliff negotiations.