Speaker Boehner addressed the failure of "Plan B" in a Capitol Hill press conference Friday. (Creative Commons)

The plan would have extended Bush-era tax cuts for Americans with incomes up to $1 million but also would have raised the top tax rate for those with higher incomes, according to The New York Times.

Boehner's more conservative friends were none too pleased with the latter half of that deal. The speaker was forced to cancel Thursday's vote upon learning it had little support.

Talking Points Memo reported Boehner said he was unconcerned about his status as speaker during a press conference Friday.

"If you do the right things everyday for the right reasons, the right things will happen," he said. "And while we may not have been able to get the votes last night to avert 99.81 percent of the tax increases, I don't think — they weren't taking that out on me. They were dealing with the perception that somebody might accuse them of raising taxes."

Meanwhile, the Times suggests the ball is now in President Barack Obama's court, with a likely solution coming through bipartisan work with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. 

Read the full Times story here, and more of Neon Tommy's fiscal cliff coverage here.

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