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What's holding up a House vote on the fiscal cliff deal?
Jan 1, 2013
After a day of wrangling, the House voted to approve a fiscal cliff deal late Tuesday night. What was the reason behind all the gridlock?
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Britain glad, but not surprised, over fiscal cliff's end
Jan 1, 2013
British worry that Americans will just keep printing money, rather than focus on our own austerity measures.
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U.S. still awaits a final fiscal cliff deal
Jan 1, 2013
The Senate deal permanently raises income taxes for individuals making more than $400,000 a year. It delays -- for just two months -- most of those automatic spending cuts that were set to kick in. And it includes a number of other provisions to stave off the most pressing aspects of the fiscal cliff.
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The IRS in limbo as fiscal cliff debate continues
Jan 1, 2013
The IRS faces a ton of decisions, changes and updates in the fiscal cliff deals. But until there is a deal, the federal agency is as uncertain about the future as everyone else.
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Unemployed workers watching, worrying about fiscal cliff
Dec 31, 2012
Richard Crowe, an unemployed former steelworker living in Ohio, talks about what it's been like searching for a job and what he would do when unemployment benefits expire tomorrow.
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Pentagon prepares for cuts -- cliff or no cliff
Dec 31, 2012
Defense contractors are already cutting back as the war in Afghanistan winds down.
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Would 'earmarks' have helped fiscal cliff talks?
Dec 31, 2012
'Bridges to Nowhere' and other pork-barrel spending used to be the grease for deal-making in Congress.
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Marketplace's Guide to the Fiscal Cliff
Dec 31, 2012
Check out Marketplace’s explainers and decoders of the fiscal cliff. Find out what exactly could happen to your personal budget -- and learn how we got to this point.
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Up to the edge of the fiscal cliff
Dec 31, 2012
All eyes on are on Washington as the deadline to the fiscal cliff is just hours away.
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How the markets signal Washington
Dec 28, 2012
Come Monday, if there’s no fiscal cliff deal, the best way for people to indicate their unhappiness is the markets.
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Bush-era tax cuts expiring. Government spending on military and social services on the chopping block. Is the U.S. economy headed for a fiscal cliff?
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