Washington Informer - January 3, 2013

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Robert Griffin III hugs DeAngelo Hall after the Redskins defeated the Dallas Cowboys 28-18 on Sunday, Dec. 30 at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. See story on Page 20. /Robert Eubanks for the Washington Informer.

America Dodges Fiscal Cliff By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer After months of intense negotiations between senior members of both political parties, America toppled over the “fiscal cliff ” at midnight Monday. Technically. Vice President Joe Biden and

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) were able to broker a last-minute deal. However, House members are yet to vote on the deal. They were scheduled to do that on New Year’s Day. The House is still the wild-card in this scenario because of disaffected Democrats, conservatives and Tea Party

members who are vehemently opposed to any tax increases and could still scuttle the deal. They will have to decide if they are willing to put their support behind a deal that increases taxes significantly for the first time in 20 years. With a deal in place, the effects of the cliff will be minimal

because Congress will likely retroactively implement provisions of the deal if the House agrees to it. The deal passed in the Senate by an 89-8 margin. The House was expected to consider the measure Tuesday afternoon. On New Year’s Eve, President Barack Obama appeared

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at a White House event where he told an audience of middleclass Americans that a deal was “within sight.” “…I realize that the last thing you want to hear on New Year’s Eve is another speech from me, but I do need to talk about the progress that’s being made in ConSee FISCAL on Page 8

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