Counter to a White House plan last week relies more on politically sensitive spending cuts.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are proposing a "fiscal cliff" plan that revives ideas from failed budget talks with President Barack Obama last year, calling for raising the eligibility age for Medicare, lowering cost-of-living hikes for Social Security benefits and bringing in $800 billion in higher tax revenue.

The counter to a White House plan last week relies more on politically sensitive spending cuts and would raise half the $1.6 trillion in revenue proposed by Obama over the coming decade.

Cuomo pressed top Obama administration officials to release Sandy recovery funds quickly.

Exerting pressure on the GOP, the president warned against the middle class getting a "lump of coal" for Christmas if taxes are allowed to rise.

The bipartisan vote on a nonbinding amendment to a defense policy bill reflects domestic widespread weariness with the prolonged conflict.

Plan would impose $1.6 trillion in new taxes over the next decade, and provide an infusion of new money to aid the jobless and boost the economy. But Republicans are enraged at its scope.

After a brief post-election honeymoon, partisan bickering is back to its typically toxic levels in Washington, with the deadline for spending cuts and tax hikes looming.

Some key conservatives seem to be embracing the White House plan to keep taxes low on 98 percent of the public, and potentially allowing them to rise on the wealthy.

Aides said they reached out to Romney's team shortly before Thanksgiving to start working on a date for the meeting.

GOP insisting on even larger cuts to Democrats' prized social programs, signaling compromise is still far off.