The Fiscal Cliff Deal That Almost Wasn't

Report: Harry Reid Disliked Cliff Deal, Threw Obama Proposal Into Burning Fire
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 20: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (R) speaks as Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill December 20, 2012 in Washington, DC. The news conference was held to discuss the ongoing fiscal cliff negotiations between House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 20: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (R) speaks as Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill December 20, 2012 in Washington, DC. The news conference was held to discuss the ongoing fiscal cliff negotiations between House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

House Speaker John Boehner couldn’t hold back when he spotted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the White House lobby last Friday.

It was only a few days before the nation would go over the fiscal cliff, no bipartisan agreement was in sight, and Reid had just publicly accused Boehner of running a “dictatorship” in the House and caring more about holding onto his gavel than striking a deal.

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