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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 05:48:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama signs cliff deal to boost taxes on wealthy, $633 billion defense bill</title>
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<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama has signed a bill that boosts taxes on the wealthiest Americans, while preserving tax cuts for most Americans]]></description>
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<title>Dow Jones industrial average closes 308 points higher after Congress passes budget bill</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Stocks roared higher on Wall Street and around the world after Congress passed a last-minute budget deal to avert sweeping tax hikes and government spending cuts]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[Stocks surge after last-minute budget deal reached]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:55:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>McConnell: Fiscal cliff talks to resume Friday</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says congressional leaders will meet with President Obama on Friday to discuss the`fiscal cliff']]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[GOP Senate leader says congressional leaders to meet with Obama on Friday on `fiscal cliff']]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 03:34:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Effect of looming 'fiscal cliff' tax increases</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A big package of tax cuts first enacted a decade ago are set to expire at the end the year, unless Congress and the White House reach a deal to extend them. How the looming tax increases would affect households at different income levels]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[Effect of looming 'fiscal cliff' tax increases]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:48:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pres. Obama says he is 'ready and willing' to get deal done</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The president said Friday no one can get 100 percent of what they want and there are "real consequences"  of tax increases]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[President Obama says he is 'ready and willing' to get deal before 'fiscal cliff' deadline]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:01:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Boehner: White House risks fiscal cliff stalemate</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The House Speaker says the White House is so resistant to cutting spending that it is risking pushing the country off the 'fiscal cliff']]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[Boehner: White House risks fiscal cliff stalemate]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 05:20:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Narrow 'fiscal cliff' bargain gains currency</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hopes dimming for a wide-ranging bargain, the White House and many congressional Republicans are setting their sights on a more modest deal that would extend current tax rates for most Americans, raise rates for top earners and leave other, vexing issues for the new year]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[Narrow 'fiscal cliff' bargain could extend tax cuts for most Americans]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:10:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama: Fiscal cliff deal is 'work in progress'</title>
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<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama says a fiscal cliff deal is 'still a work in progress' as an end of the year deadline rapidly approaches]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:07:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pelosi says time running out for fiscal cliff deal</title>
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<description><![CDATA[House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi says a deal must be reached 'in the next couple of days or the very beginning of next week' to avoid the fiscal cliff of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi says time running out for fiscal cliff deal]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:47:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Breakdown of how a fiscal cliff fiasco would impact your budget</title>
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<description><![CDATA[If lawmakers at Capitol Hill can't reach a deal by the end of the year, one thing is clear: We'll all pay thousands more in taxes]]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[Breakdown of how a fiscal cliff fiasco would impact your budget]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:49:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fiscal cliff talks appear to be stalled</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Despite an intensifying pace, little progress is being reported in talks on averting automatic spending cuts and tax increases that economists fear could send the U.S. economy off a 'fiscal cliff']]></description>
<dig:D3text><![CDATA[Fiscal cliff talks appear to be stalled]]></dig:D3text>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:44:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Boehner: No progress in fiscal cliff talks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[House Speaker John Boehner said Friday there has been no progress in negotiations to avert a "fiscal cliff" combination of automatic tax increases and spending cuts in January and called on President Barack Obama to produce a new offer]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:43:43 GMT</pubDate>
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