Fiscal Cliff

The President can't lead us from outside the arena. He has to stay in the game, get sweaty and even muddy.

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No Labels, A national grassroots movement of hundreds of thousands of Republicans, Democrats and independents dedicated to a new politics of problem solving, is hosting its Meeting to Make America Work!,

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At the time when the county did not have the necessary funds the decision-makers took steps to reduce their pay. Things are better now and Barth says the choice to increase salaries for the Commissioners is the right one.

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Congress' approval of a compromise averting a prolonged tumble off the fiscal cliff hands a victorious President Barack Obama most of the tax boosts on the rich that he campaigned on.

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Are you just flat-out sick and tired of hearing about the 'fiscal cliff'? Well, I am too and so are a lot of other people. Here's words and phrases to get rid of!

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U.S. Sen. John Thune says he's frustrated that it's taking lawmakers so long to inch toward a deal before the so-called "fiscal cliff" prompts a variety of tax hikes in the new year, but he's still hopeful.

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The top Senate negotiators on the effort to prevent the government from going over the "fiscal cliff" offered a pessimistic assessment Sunday barely 24 hours before a deadline to avert tax hikes on virtually every worker.

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At least publicly, there's no hint of progress in efforts to avoid the "fiscal cliff" -- with Republicans demanding that the White House outline specific spending cuts, and the White House saying it's already done so.

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U.S. hiring gains held steady in November despite disruptions from Superstorm Sandy and employers' concerns about impending tax increases from the year-end "fiscal cliff."

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I'm the first to admit that I would make a lousy diplomat, and I wouldn't be much of a negotiator, either.

But are we going to go off the fiscal cliff?

And if we are, why?

President Obama and  Congress are supposed to be doing something about it, and it's not getting done

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