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Fiscal Cliff Hostage Situation Day 28: Ennui Sets in

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Daniel Gross reports.

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Fiscal cliff hostage situation. Day 28. As often happens in hostage situations, a sense of ennui enveloped the participants. The hopes that a formal Republican offer, extended by House Speaker John Boehner on Monday, would kick negotiations into higher gear proved out to be false.

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