WASHINGTON--President Barack Obama--joined by people who will be socked by federal tax increases if Congress fails to retain tax breaks expiring at midnight--makes another appeal for lawmakers to make a deal in a just announced 1:30 p.m. ET event.
Obama will deliver remarks about the fiscal cliff in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus. He will be joined by "middle class Americans."
Lynn Sweet is a columnist and the Washington Bureau Chief for the Chicago Sun-Times.
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