Boehner Responds to Obama

Says "I hope the president will get serious soon"

House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) responded defiantly to President Obama's comments earlier Wednesday about the impending "fiscal cliff."

In an appearance before cameras that lasted less than one minute, Boehner said the House would pass his "Plan B" on Thursday "to make permanent tax relief for nearly every American – 99.81 percent of the American people."