GOP Leaders Cling To Absurd Position That The Debate On Taxes ‘Is Over’

GOP Leaders Cling To Absurd Position That The Debate On Taxes ‘Is Over’: Congressional leaders went to the White House on Friday in a last-ditch effort to avert the automatic “sequester” budget cuts that will soon go into effect. After the meeting, Republican leaders Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and John Boehner (R-OH) emerged to reemphasize that the GOP will not consider any new revenues in a deal to avert [...]/p