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  • Obama Signs Fiscal Cliff Bill
  • The White House and a divided Congress can now move on to the next fiscal crisis after a last-minute deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" laid the foundation for more combustible struggles over taxes, spending and debt in the next few months.


  • Fiscal Cliff Bill Clears Congress
  • With a rare late-night vote on New Year’s Day, the House passed a bipartisan compromise -- which President Barack Obama has vowed to sign -- to extend the majority of Bush-era tax cuts, delay automatic spending reductions for two months and fix a number of expiring tax and spending provisions.

  • Vote on Sandy Aid Scrapped by GOP
  • House Republicans abruptly pulled the plug Tuesday night on their promise to take up this week an emergency supplemental disaster aid bill for Northeast states damaged by Hurricane Sandy. The Senate bill will die with this Congress on Thursday at noon.
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  • Women Rule Congress, State in New Hampshire
  • Women won the state’s two Congressional seats. Women already held the state’s two Senate seats. When they are all sworn into office, New Hampshire will become the first state in the nation’s history to send an all-female delegation to Washington.

  • EPA Head Lisa P. Jackson to Resign Post
  • Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, who pushed through the most sweeping curbs on air pollution in two decades, announced Thursday morning that she will resign her post.
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  • New Health Care Tax Hikes Coming in 2013
  • New taxes are coming Jan. 1 to help finance President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Most people may not notice. But they will pay attention if Congress decides to start taxing employer-sponsored health insurance, one option in play if lawmakers can ever agree on a budget deal to reduce federal deficits.


  • HHS Increases Safety of Electronic Health Records
  • The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released a road map for making electronic health records and other health IT safer for patients.

  • IRS to Raise Limits on Retirement Contributions in 2013
  • The expiring Bush tax cuts aren’t the only laws worth watching for investors as the year ends. A number of new rules are kicking in next year that will allow workers to stash away more money in their 401(k)s and individual retirement accounts.




  • Boehner Cancels 'Plan B' Vote, Leaves Cliff Solution Up to Dems
  • House Speaker John Boehner said it was now up to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and President Obama to find a way to avert the tax hikes and spending cuts set to be triggered in January that economist warn could start a recession.

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