DIXON – U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger said the so-called fiscal cliff has dominated the conversation in Washington, D.C., since his re-election.

Kinzinger, R-Manteno, defeated Democrat Wanda Rohl, a hospice worker from the Ottawa area, on Nov. 6. He serves the newly redrawn 16th District, which includes all of Lee County.

Kinzinger believes Democrats haven’t offered any serious spending cut proposals to avert the program cuts and tax hikes that will come if both parties don’t reach a compromise by the end of the year.