[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18473]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            THE FISCAL CLIFF

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, discussions continue on a plan to protect 
middle-class families from a tax increase tomorrow. There are a number 
of issues on which the two sides are still apart, but negotiations are 
continuing as I speak.
  We are running out of time. Americans are still threatened with the 
tax hike in just a few hours. I hope we can keep in mind--and I know we 
will--that our single most important goal is to protect the middle-
class families. Whether or not we reach an agreement in the short time 
we have left, we will need cooperation on both sides to prevent taxes 
from going up tomorrow for every family in America.
  I repeat, there are still some issues we need to resolve before we 
can bring legislation to the floor.
  I yield the floor.

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