President Barack Obama puts tax cuts centre stage
US President Barack Obama has warned that the average American family will pay $1,000 more in tax each year, unless Congress backs his budget plans.
This follows Congress's latest failed attempt to tackle America's growing debt problem.
A special committee set up to find a way ahead announced last night that it could not reach agreement.
Mark Mardell reports from Washington
22 Nov 2011
- From the section US & Canada