Same partisan rancor, divide greets new fiscal talks and deadlines The back-and-forth between Washington Democrats and Republicans over the past few days suggests the partisan rancor that largely defined the last Congress - and most specifically the fiscal talks - will continue when lawmakers resume talks later this month on the debt ceiling. Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan told "Fox News Sunday" that Democrats got the revenue increases they wanted before Congress adjourned but won't come through on promised federal spending cuts when lawmakers try to address other fiscal problems before their deadlines hit over roughly the next eight weeks. McConnell on Sunday appeared to take his argument a step further, saying more tax increases will not be part of the new talks. "The tax issue is over, finished completely," the Kentucky senator said on ABC's "This Week." That's behind us now. The question is: What are we going to do about the biggest problem confronting us and our future. Congress agreed January 1 to extend Bush-era tax cuts for families earning less than $450,000 annually. However, the new Congress must address three major fiscal issues before late March - the debt ceiling by early March, massive across-the-board federal spending cuts known as sequestration by March 1 and reaching a budget resolution by March 27. "I wish the president would lead us rather than being dragged to the table" on the debt ceiling issue, McConnell said on NBC's "Meet the Press."