Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., followed by Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., second from right, leaves the Senate chamber to meet with fellow Republicans in a closed-door session as the "fiscal cliff" negotiations continued at the Capitol in Washington, Sunday.
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Congress is down to the last day - with no fiscal cliff plan to vote on, at least not yet.
Senators failed Sunday to come up with a bipartisan proposal to head off a series of tax hikes and spending cuts set to start taking effect Tuesday. The White House served notice it may push its own plan and dare Republicans to oppose it.
"Republicans will have to decide if they're going to block it, which will mean that middle-class taxes do go up," Obama said on NBC's Meet The Press. ...
