The bottom line is that, Republicans want to cut spending and avoid raising taxes, while Democrats are looking for a combination of spending cuts and tax increases. Although both political parties would like to avoid it completely, a compromise seems like an impossible solution because of debatable issues.
I didn't really use seach tools to find this answer, I typed in fiscal cliff and I read about what it was and in the reading was the answer to the question. The search tools are helpful, but usually more helpful on specific topic needs. The search strategies were new to be but I used google's advanced search before to research other topics. I will apply the search strategies when looking for details in my Capstone project.
