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today we heard president obama's response to the proposal that
house speaker john boehner put on the table yesterday. >> the
speaker's proposal right now is still out of balance. >> of out
of balance. kind of similar to what republicans said last week
when the president sent over his terms. so now what? will they
sit down and talk it through? well, not according to at least
one senior republican aide who told cnn today, no conversations
today, no e-mails, tweets, carrier pigeons. as for boehner and
obama, they actually did see each other in person at the white
house holiday party last night in black tie. while other
lawmakers waited in line to get the photo with the president,
multiple sources from both sides of the aisle tell cnn that
boehner wasn't among them. so much for holiday cheer. we have
this picture. we're waiting for the day there's a fiscal cliff.
there wasn't total silence in washington today. senate majority
leader harry reid spoke