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Bill to avert fiscal cliff, passes Senate, heads to House

January 01, 2013

Legislation to negate a fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts to the Pentagon and other government agencies is headed to the GOP-dominated House after bipartisan, middle-of-the-night approval in the Senate capped a New Year's Eve drama unlike any other in the annals of Congress.The measure cleared the Senate on an 89-8 vote early Tuesday, hours after Vice...

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