WASHINGTON -- Democrats and Republicans revealed a deep rift in their "fiscal cliff" talks Thursday when House Speaker John Boehner declared his disappointment with the White House for not laying out detailed spending cuts, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid responded that he did not understand the speaker's brain.
Boehner spoke to reporters following a meeting with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner earlier in the day. The Ohio Republican said that the meeting was "frank and direct," but that he did not see a specific Democratic plan to cut government benefit programs.
"First, despite the claims that the president supports a balanced approach, Democrats have yet to get serious about real spending cuts," Boehner said. "And secondly, no substantive progress has been made in the talks between the White House and the House over the last two weeks."
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