Michael Bowman
Published December 13, 2012
A deal to curb America’s national debt remains elusive less than three weeks before severe tax increases and budget cuts - the so-called “fiscal cliff” - automatically take effect. The House of Representatives adjourned for the week with no narrowing of differences between the speaker and President Barack Obama on a deal that would spare Americans significant financial and economic pain beginning next year. VOA’s Michael Bowman reports.