THE PROGRESSIVE REVIEW - December 6, 2012

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*-- House Dems try to force tax vote --*
WASHINGTON - U.S. House Democrats Tuesday ratcheted up the pressure on the looming "fiscal cliff," filing a petition to force a vote on a Senate tax bill. House Democrats want a vote on a Senate bill that would keep the Bush-era tax cuts on all income up to $250,000 but allow those rates to expire on income exceeding that amount.

Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., filed a petition to force the vote at noon. It needs 218 signatures to move the measure to the House floor, The Hill reported. Democrats need a dozen Republicans to sign to help force the effort.

The move came one day after Republicans offered up a plan for avoiding the "fiscal cliff," the confluence of tax cut expirations and across-the-board spending cuts due to kick in Jan. 1.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden met with a bipartisan group of state governors at the White House Tuesday morning.

The governors -- reported by Politico to be the National Governors Association's executive committee -- were to meet with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, in the afternoon, Boehner's office said.

The executive committee -- led by Delaware's Democratic Gov. Jack Markell and Oklahoma's Republican Gov. Mary Fallin -- includes Democrats Mike Beebe of Arkansas, John Hickenlooper of Colorado and Mark Dayton of Minnesota, and Republicans Dave Heineman of Nebraska, Chris Christie of New Jersey, Gary Herbert of Utah and Scott Walker of Wisconsin.

The NGA requested the meeting, Politico said.

"I think that governors have a lot at stake in this process," White House spokesman Jay Carney said. "They have an interest in seeing Washington get its fiscal house in order. They have an interest in seeing Washington take action to ensure that the economy continues to grow. I think governors, broadly speaking, have a keen interest in, for example, Washington making wise investments in rebuilding our infrastructure. They obviously have a stake in our healthcare entitlement programs, including, of course, Medicaid.

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