Boehner proposes short-term tax fix; Democrats say no

Washington (CNN) -- House Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday proposed letting tax rates go up on income above $1 million as a short-term step to avoid some of the fiscal cliff while continuing to negotiate a broader deal with President Barack Obama.
The White House and Democratic leaders immediately rejected Boehner's move, saying the focus of the incremental negotiations should be a comprehensive deficit-reduction agreement.
The back-and-forth in the halls of Congress came two weeks from the end of the year, when au