"Speaker of the House John Boehner (R) (R-OH) walks with House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) to a meeting with House Republicans on the ""fiscal cliff"" budget deal on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 1, 2013. Washington's last-minute scramble to step back from a ""fiscal cliff"" ran into trouble on Tuesday as Republicans in the House of Representatives balked at a deal to avert a budget crisis.  REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)"