Last ditch effort to avoid fiscal cliff under way
Friday, December 28, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The end game at hand, the White House and Senate leaders made a final stab at compromise Friday night to prevent middle-class tax increases from taking effect at the turn of the new year and possibly block sweeping spending cuts as well.
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