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Bigger fights loom after U.S. "fiscal cliff" deal Wed, 02 Jan, 2013 01:12 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans looked ahead on Wednesday toward the next round of even bigger budget fights after reaching a hard-fought "fiscal cliff" deal that narrowly averted potentially devastating tax hikes and spending cuts. 'Happy New Year' Wed, 02 Jan, 2013 01:12 PM PST The back of Obama's head is perhaps the most famous profile on social media and looking to the latest Twitter shot of the US President,... Tierney issues statement on fiscal cliff compromise Wed, 02 Jan, 2013 01:08 PM PST Congressman John Tierney released the following statement after voting late last night to pass the Senate Fiscal Cliff agreement that will now go to President Obama to sign into law: Super Cliff: Sequester And National Debt Ceiling Loom Ahead Wed, 02 Jan, 2013 01:07 PM PST COMMENTARY | In August of 2009, President Obama had a wise thing to say about raising taxes during a recession: “You don’t raise taxes in a recession, which is why we haven’t and why we’ve instead cut taxes. So I guess what I’d say to Scott is â€" his economics are right. You don’t raise taxes in a recession.” [...] Super Cliff: Sequester And National Debt Ceiling Loom Ahead is a post from: The ... Cliff avoided: Congress staves off tax hikes Wed, 02 Jan, 2013 01:07 PM PST WASHINGTON â€" Past its own New Year’s deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national “fiscal cliff” of middle class tax increases and spending cuts late Tuesday night in the culmination of a struggle that strained America’s divided government to the limit. Tarean Folston Wed, 02 Jan, 2013 01:04 PM PST Past its own New Year's deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid... - 2:29 pm Most Recent Galleries: Wed, 02 Jan, 2013 01:02 PM PST Past its own New Year's deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid... - 2:29 pm 'Fiscal cliff' standoff over, Obama back in Hawaii ap.org Wed, 02 Jan, 2013 01:00 PM PST HONOLULU (AP) â€" A week after rushing to Washington to help end a tense, end-of-year standoff with Congress, President Barack Obama is back in Hawaii for vacation. Obama in Hawaii, fiscal cliff standoff behind him Wed, 02 Jan, 2013 01:00 PM PST HONOLULU (AP) â€" President Barack Obama is back in Hawaii for vacation after a tense, end-of-the-new-year standoff with Congress over the fiscal cliff. Oil price jumps as US averts 'fiscal cliff' Wed, 02 Jan, 2013 12:59 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) -- The price of oil jumped Wednesday on the first trading day of the new year, after a deal in Washington averted the dreaded "fiscal cliff."   The House voted near midnight to send the bill to President Barack Obama after a tense day of political brinksmanship on Capitol Hill.   Benchmark crude for February delivery rose $1.30 to finish the first trading day of the year at $93.12 ...

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