Tax reform bill faces tense vote amid fiscal cliff drama
Rep. Camp and Pelosi push for postelection tax relief and spending controls as the Senate-passed measure aims to avert tax increases and 24 billion in cuts. The debate highlights bipartisan pressures, market fears, and long term deficits near 4 trillion over a decade. Senate vote ends 89 to 8 with mixed GOP support.
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Dave Camp
Michigan
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Ways and Means
Nancy Pelosi
Senate
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Obama
Eric Cantor
Harry Reid
Cantor
John Boehner
GOP
Chamber
Congressional Budget Office
Steve LaTourette
Ohio
Treasury
Pat Toomey
Pennsylvania
Sen
Ron Johnson
Wisconsin
Parade Highlights From Rose Parade New Year's Day
A soldier from Michigan and a Chesapeake couple wed aboard the Love Float on New Year’s Day. Jane Goodall urged conservation as the defense department debuted a Korean War Memorial float. Dole won the Sweepstakes with Dreaming in Paradise. Police reported 22 arrests along the route for public intoxication and related offenses.
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Mich
Pazz
Iraq
Germany
Cheers
Chesapeake, Va
Farmers Insurance
Gerald Sapienza
Nicole Angelillo
Pasadena
Jane Goodall
Tanzania
Goodall
Paradise
Dole
Rick Averson
Global New Year Celebrations Spark Hope Amid Turmoil
Reformist governments staged public New Year moments worldwide from Dubai to Rome and London. Fireworks lit Burj Khalifa and Big Ben as revelers eyed 2013 amid recession fears and recent tragedies. In New York, Times Square buzzed with countdowns and reflections on Sandy and the Newtown shootings.
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Benedict XVI
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Russia
Moscow
Red Square
Kremlin
Rio de Janeiro
Parliament Square
London
Thames
Europe
Greece
New Delhi
Times Square
U.S. Senate
Newtown
Conn
New York
Michael Bloomberg
Radio City Rockettes
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Burj Khalifa
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