House Democrats call for clean vote on cliff deal

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House Democrats call for clean vote on cliff deal
from MarketWatch.com - MarketPulse
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Senior House Democrats on Tuesday pressed their Republican colleagues to schedule a vote on the fiscal-cliff agreement reached by President Barack Obama and Senate leaders and passed by the Senate Tuesday morning. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said she wanted the measure to come to a vote without amendments. "We look forward now to see what the timing will be for a straight up-and-down vote," Pelosi said at a news conference following a three hour closed-door meeting with Vice President Joe Biden. Republicans were meeting separately amidst growing talk that many of their party want to amend the deal to include more spending cuts and send it back to the Senate. Democrats held back on saying they support the fiscal-cliff deal, saying that it was still under review.