Cantor: We'll work through Christmas to avert "fiscal cliff" Reid: "A lot of bluster," no specifics from GOP on "fiscal cliff" Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today defended President Obama against House Speaker John Boehner's charge that the president's "fiscal cliff" proposal does not include serious, specific spending cuts, saying that it is Republicans who have not detailed the cuts or revenues they hope to include in a package, opting for "generalizations" and "bluster" over specificity.