According to both sides, negotiations between the nuclear commission and the committee are continuing.
"Why is there the vitriolic name-calling and bloody-shirt waving on both sides?" Negotiations have stalled over details of the gun-show measure.
Some Republicans who were sick of sitting on the sidelines began their own side negotiation this week.
PEHUB Bank of America Said to Be in Side Negotiations Over Foreclosures | Bank of America is negotiating settlements with some states individually over its questionable home foreclosure practices, a move that is separate from its talks with a broader collection of state and federal agencies, Bloomberg News reported, citing two people familiar with the matter.
Fisher addressed the report directly, saying: "There have been no side agreements, no side negotiations or anything close.
Paris was awash in study groups, side negotiations and specialist discussions conducted simultaneously during those frenetic months.
On the Senate side, negotiations have turned on the Republican emphasis on preventing fraud and the Democratic focus on maintaining civil rights.
Senator Michael Bennet, Democrat of Colorado, who has been negotiating with Senator Lamar Alexander, Republican of Tennessee, said it was time to squelch such side negotiations, lest they undermine Mr. Obama and Mr. Boehner.
And Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California who has been spearheading the side-negotiations on the agricultural worker program, said Tuesday that she expected a deal on her portion of the legislation within 24 hours.
On Tuesday afternoon, she plans to brief her Democratic colleagues on side negotiations she's been having, Chambliss told reporters.
