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‘Fiscal cliff’ deal passes The Republican-controlled House on Tuesday passed a “fiscal cliff” deal that President Obama and the Senate had reached late Monday. The late-night vote completed a day in which the legislation had appeared to be on its political deathbed for several hours.
Jan. 1, 2013
President Obama and Vice President Biden make a statement regarding the passage of the “fiscal cliff” bill at the White House. The bill raises income taxes on individuals making more than $400,000 and couples making more than $450,000, but spares most taxpayers any increases. The bill also postpones any budget cuts attached to the fiscal cliff for two months, allowing Congress and the president to negotiate on those issues separately.
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Jan. 1, 2013
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), center, and House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), right, walk together to attend a second caucus on the fiscal deal passed in the Senate. Cantor and other conservatives said they opposed the deal because it didn’t address spending.
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Jan. 1, 2013
Vice President Biden, center, arrives with Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.), left, to join other Democratic members of the House at a caucus on the fiscal deal passed by the Senate.
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Jan. 1, 2013
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) arrives at the Capitol for the Democratic caucus. “We expect, the American people deserve an up or down vote on what was passed in the Senate,” she said.
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Jan. 1, 2013
Rep. Sander M. Levin (D-Mich.) arrives at the Capitol for the Democratic caucus on the fiscal deal passed by the Senate.
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Jan. 1, 2013
House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) leaves a Republican caucus on Capitol Hill.
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Jan. 1, 2013
A Marine sentry stands guard at the White House, indicating that President Obama is working in the West Wing as discussions regarding the "fiscal cliff" continue on Capitol Hill.
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Jan. 1, 2013
House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), center, speaks to reporters about the "fiscal cliff."
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Jan. 1, 2013
Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) waits to be interviewed about the "fiscal cliff" in the Capitol.
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Jan. 1, 2013
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), left, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) discuss the "fiscal cliff" bill passed by the Senate Monday night that's waiting for a vote in the Republican-controlled House.
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Dec. 31, 2012
The U.S. Capitol in Washington at dusk without a deal to prevent the “fiscal cliff.” Lawmakers hurtled toward a midnight deadline to avert hundreds of billions of dollars in tax increases and spending cuts, struggling to extract the country from a fiscal trap they created.
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Dec. 31, 2012
Vice President Biden, flanked by Majority Leader Harry Reid, walks into caucus with Senate Democrats.
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Dec. 31, 2012
Reporters pursue House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) as he walks to a closed-door meeting with GOP members as congressional leaders rush to assemble a last-ditch “fiscal cliff” agreement.
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Dec. 31, 2012
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) talks to reporters.
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Dec. 31, 2012
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) talks to reporters on the Hill.
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Dec. 31, 2012
Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) answers questions from reporters as lawmakers try to strike a deal to avert the “fiscal cliff.”
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Dec. 31, 2012
Rep. John B. Larson (D-Conn.) talks with reporters outside the Senate chamber.
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Dec. 31, 2012
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) shakes hands with fellow Republicans after a party caucus as the Senate tries to strike a deal to avert the “fiscal cliff.”
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Dec. 31, 2012
Reporters and photographers wait in the hall outside the Senate chamber as lawmakers at the Capitol wrangle over negotiations to head off the “fiscal cliff.”
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Dec. 31, 2012
President Obama delivers remarks on the evolving “fiscal cliff” negotiations during a White House event with middle-class Americans at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Obama said there were “still issues left to resolve” in the talks. He said he was “hopeful that Congress can get it done. But it’s not done.”
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Dec. 31, 2012
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) walks with staffers from his office to the Senate chamber, where lawmakers wrangle over how to confront the “fiscal cliff.”
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Dec. 31, 2012
Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) talks with reporters as he passes the Senate chamber, where negotiations are underway.
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Dec. 31, 2012
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) walks through a hallway near the Senate chamber on the final day before automatic spending cuts and tax increases are scheduled to kick in.
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Dec. 31, 2012
Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) walks past reporters. Kyl told Reuters on Monday morning that a ”lot of progress” has been made in talks to avert the “fiscal cliff.”
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Dec. 31, 2012
Rick Santorum, a former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania and Republican presidential candidate, walks past reporters near the Senate chamber.
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Dec. 31, 2012
Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), right, talks with a staffer outside the Senate chamber where negotiations continue.
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Dec. 31, 2012
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) and Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) talk outside of Kyl's office. “Conversations are still ongoing,” Kyl said Monday morning, Reuters news agency reported. “There has been a lot of progress.” Asked how long the talks could go on, Kyl said, ”I guess until 11:59.”
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Dec. 31, 2012
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) arrives on Capitol Hill.
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Dec. 31, 2012
Senator Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), left, walks into the Capitol on Monday morning, ahead of a midnight deadline to avert hundreds of billions of dollars in tax increases and spending cuts. “There are a number of issues on which the two sides are still apart, but negotiations are continuing as I speak,” Reid said in a floor speech shortly after the body convened at 11 a.m. “But we really are running out of time.”
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Dec. 30, 2012
Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) is swarmed by reporters as he walks out of the chamber where lawmakers wrangle over negotiations to head off the “fiscal cliff” in Washington. “There’s still time left to reach an agreement, and we intend to continue negotiations,” Reid said on the Senate floor. He added, however, that there would be no Senate votes — on a fiscal cliff deal or anything else — on Sunday night. The chamber will be back in session at 11 a.m. Monday.
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Dec. 30, 2012
Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) talks with reporters on her way to the Senate chamber.
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Dec. 30, 2012
Emerging from the Republican caucus, Senate Republican Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) discusses the “fiscal cliff” negotiations.
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Dec. 30, 2012
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is swarmed by reporters as he enters his office before a rare Sunday Senate session to consider a possible deal to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” “There’s no single issue that remains an impossible sticking point,” McConnell said on the Senate floor earlier Sunday. “The sticking point appears to be the willingness and interest or frankly the courage to close the deal. I want everyone to know, I’m willing to get this done, but I need a dance partner.”
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Dec. 30, 2012
McConnell began direct talks with Vice President Biden on Sunday. Republicans exiting a mid-afternoon caucus meeting said McConnell, viewed as one of Washington’s unofficial closers, had excused himself to take a call from the vice president.
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Dec. 30, 2012
Emerging from the Democratic caucus, Senate Democratic Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) comments on the “fiscal cliff” negotiations.
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Dec. 30, 2012
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) faces a wall of reporters as he makes his way to the Senate chamber.
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Dec. 30, 2012
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), left, works with a staff member near the Senate floor between votes during the rare Sunday session.
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Dec. 30, 2012
The Senate’s Ohio Clock corridor is filled with lawmakers, their staff and members of press as Congress scrambles to reach a fiscal cliff deal.
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Dec. 30, 2012
Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), right, and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) head to the Senate floor for a vote. Previously, it had been assumed that the more difficult task would be gathering Republican votes on a fiscal cliff deal. But Sunday, it appeared that Democrats were the ones standing in the way — they had been unable to produce a counteroffer to a GOP proposal.
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Dec. 30, 2012
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), right, works with staff before rushing back onto the Senate floor for a vote. As afternoon edged into evening, there was a good deal of pessimism on Capitol Hill.
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