[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17069]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            THE FISCAL CLIFF

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, a poll this morning in the Wall Street 
Journal--which indicates it was done by the Wall Street Journal and NBC 
News--indicates clearly where we should be headed with this fiscal 
cliff business. But until the Republicans realize this or are willing 
to do what is right, we are going nowhere.
  More than three-quarters of Americans, including 61 percent of 
Republicans, believe it is fair to ask the top 2 percent to contribute 
a little more to avoid a fiscal cliff, and nearly two-thirds of those 
polled, including many who didn't vote for President Obama in November, 
say he has a mandate to reduce the deficit by raising taxes on the 
wealthy.

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