US House Speaker John Boehner was handed a stunning defeat late Thursday by members of his own party who refused to support his “Plan B” to avoid the year-end “fiscal cliff” that threatens to send the economy in to a recession.
Boehner, Obama meet over US fiscal crisis
With the tone of fiscal talks becoming more rancorous by the day, US House Speaker John Boehner and President Obama had another meeting at the White House late Thursday afternoon to see if they could make some headway. “We’re doing great,” Boehner said