House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) has sent a counter-offer to President Obama to avert the upcoming tax increases and spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff," but his office declined to share details of the offer.
Boehner and other congressional Republicans called on Obama Tuesday to put forward specific proposals to cut federal spending, saying that the current focus on taxes must be met with serious attempts to scale back spending on entitlements and wasteful or duplicative federal programs.