Budget Plan Offers Laid Out in Negotiations, Deal Elusive

Name: Budget Plan Offers Laid Out in Negotiations, Deal Elusive
Uploaded: 2012-12-18T22:00:00Z
Duration: P649S
Description: President Obama raised the threshold for higher tax rates to households making $400,000 annually and offered spending cuts, but Republicans held that the White House's plans don't go far enough on spending cuts. Judy Woodruff talks to The Wall Street Journal's Carol Lee and WNYC's Todd Zwillich about the battle for an agreement.

Clip: 12/18/2012 | 10m 49s

President Obama raised the threshold for higher tax rates to households making $400,000 annually and offered spending cuts, but Republicans held that the White House's plans don't go far enough on spending cuts. Judy Woodruff talks to The Wall Street Journal's Carol Lee and WNYC's Todd Zwillich about the battle for an agreement.

Aired: 12/18/12

Rating: NR

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