House Republicans keep warning the country about the fiscal cliff, but they refuse to stay and work through Christmas to avoid it.

The cliff is upon us. The end of fiscal days, or so House Republicans tell us. The House Republicans want you, the American people to know that they are serious about the fiscal cliff. They are so serious that they have decided to go home for Christmas.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor tried to hide the hypocrisy by tweeting out the news that they are bolting town.