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Reid Sounds Conciliatory?

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    FBN's Peter Barnes on Congressional differences on the fiscal cliff.

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-- run out of the Election Day has come in gun and our government -- virtually unchanged.

Congress be able to work through its differences Peter finds has light blinked and brought them back to Washington and that's -- -- Peter Barnes.

It's you know it's like deja Vu all over again isn't it.

Yeah curious after -- Democrats kept control the senate last night -- we just heard from my democratic leader Harry Reid in a press conference in just the last hour he was.

Sounding conciliatory.

Kind of.

Do everything within my power.

To -- -- Conciliatory.

As possible I want to work together.

But I had I want -- also understand he can't push us around.

The fact is -- election did not change the balance of power in Washington so gridlock could easily continue in fact read said that.

Tax revenue from wealthier taxpayers has to be part of a fix for the fiscal cliff now he said he also spoke to speaker Boehner this morning speaker Boehner will be making separate remarks on the fiscal cliff later today.

He will call for common ground on trying to fix it but last night.

Boehner said that the voters' decision to keep Republicans in charge of the house made clear there is no mandate for raising tax rates Tracy.

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