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2
Jan
2013
6:04am, EST
Deal done, Obama heads back to Hawaii with a weary wink
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President Barack Obama winks as he arrives in a briefing room to make remarks after the House of Representatives acted on legislation intended to avoid the fiscal cliff, at the White House on Jan. 1, 2013.
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President Obama leaves the White House in the early morning hours of January 2, 2013. He will return to Hawaii, after coming back to Washington DC during his holiday to work on the fiscal cliff issue.
President Obama praised lawmakers and Vice President Joe Biden after the House of Representatives voted to pass a Senate measure to avert the most serious impacts of the so-called fiscal cliff.
Reuters reports — President Barack Obama departed the White House on Tuesday to resume his Hawaii vacation shortly after Congress approved legislation that raises taxes on the wealthiest Americans and avoids the fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts.
The president left the White House shortly before midnight. He had cut short his vacation to oversee negotiation of a deal before a year-end deadline.
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While honest hard working Americans wake up today and go to work... Obama starts this year the same way he ended last year, ON VACATION. Pathetic.
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1
Jan
2013
8:35pm, EST
Congress works overtime on fiscal cliff deadline
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Unidentified aides deliver pizza to House Democrats in a conference room around the hallway from the office of House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 1.
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A Marine sentry stands guard, indicating that President Obama is working in the West Wing of the White House, as discussions regarding the fiscal cliff continue on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 1.
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Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., confer as they leave a closed-door meeting on the "fiscal cliff" bill passed by the Senate Monday night on Jan. 1.
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., enters a Republican caucus meeting to discuss the terms of the fiscal cliff deal at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan 1.
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Republican House Budget Committee chair Paul Ryan, R-Wis., chats with Aaron Schock, R-Ill., at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 1.
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives for a House Democratic Caucus meeting to discuss the legislation that will blunt the effects of the "fiscal cliff" before a rare New Year's Day session in Washington.

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Capitol Hill is full throttle ahead after missing the midnight deadline to avoid going over the so-called fiscal cliff. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports.
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I guess thats why congress is always passing gas and getting no where.Fire them all.Use the savings for social security. That pizza money probably came out of the social security fund.
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30
Dec
2012
7:21pm, EST
Fiscal talks hit major setback as GOP appeals to Biden
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) leaves the Senate chamber and heads to a meeting with Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill, Dec. 30, in Washington, D.C. The House and Senate are both in session today to deal with the looming 'fiscal cliff'.
Democrats said that Republicans, led by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Ky., are insisting that a deal to resolve the fiscal cliff include what is known as "chained CPI" -- a change in how Social Security benefits are calculated to increase over time.
Just before a self-imposed deadline at which Senate leaders were set to brief their respective caucuses about a prospective deal, negotiations toward a scaled-back agreement to avoid the onset of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts on Jan. 1 appeared on the verge of breakdown.
-- Reported by Michael O'Brien, NBC News
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12
Dec
2012
2:46pm, EST
Naughty or nice? Santa visits Congress to weigh in on fiscal cliff
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Capitol Hill police check an unidentified man dressed as Santa Claus with a metal detector as he enters the U.S. Capitol on his way to Speaker of the House John Boehner's office on Dec. 12, in Washington, DC. The man was working with the group Catholics United, and wanted to urge Speaker of the House John Boehner to pass pending "fiscal cliff" legislation before Christmas.
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A man dressed as Santa walks to a press conference on Capitol Hill on Dec. 12, in Washington, DC. Speakers at the press conference, organized by Catholics United, spoke about the pending fiscal cliff in the United States and urged the Congress to pass tax cuts for middle-class Americans.
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