Cliff avoided: Congress staves off tax hikes
House Deliberates On Budget Deal Past Fiscal Cliff Deadline
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) (C) and Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) (R) walk together to a meeting of the House Republican Caucus to discuss the Senate's legislation that is supposed to blunt the effects of the 'fiscal cliff' during a rare New Year's Day session January 1, 2013 in Washington, DC. Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) negotiated the deal that produced The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which passed the Senate after midnight on New Year's Day.
