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Senate leaders offer dour take on 'cliff' talks
WASHINGTON — 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... Full story
Deficit panel leaders' plan curbs on Social Security
Deficit panel leaders' plan curbs Social Security WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of President Barack Obama's bipartisan deficit commission launched a daring assault on mushrooming federal deficits on Wednesday, proposing reducing...
Lone holdout gives in, Senate Oks jobless benefits
Putting a lone senator's cantankerous challenge behind it, the Senate is back to work on a $100 billionplus bill reviving popular tax breaks and extending longer and more generous jobless benefits through the end of the year....
