POLITICS: NEW REPUBLICAN MATH: $1 IN CUTS FOR EVERY $41 IN TAXES…

January 1, 2013

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BOEHNER SEEKS TO MAKE AMENDS... NEW REPUBLICAN MATH: $1 IN CUTS FOR EVERY $41 IN TAXES... ADD $3.9 TRILLION TO DEFICIT... NASCAR PARTY FAVORS IN BILL... OBAMA DECLARES VICTORY... UNCERTAIN FUTURE IN HOUSE... OPPOSITION GROWS... CANTOR MAKES MOVE... DEMS: RAHM IT THROUGH...

Senate OKs Deal Raising Taxes on Affluent – Jonathan Weisman, NY Times
Tax Increase Is Biggest In Decades – Zachary Goldfarb, Washington Post
Obama Gets Higher Taxes on Rich, But at What Cost? – David Lauter, LAT
What’s Happening in Washington Is a Joke – John Crudele, New York Post
One Positive of Deal: No Spending Cuts at All – Paul Krugman, NY Times
Big Battles Pushed to the Springtime – Nancy Cook, National Journal
Obama’s Incredible Arrogance – Charles Krauthammer, FOX News
Republicans Adrift – Richard Cohen, Washington Post
New Year Means Tax Hikes to Pay for Health Law – Tony Pugh, McClatchy
Employers Must Offer Family Care, Affordable or Not – Robert Pear, NYT
Pols Lied About True Purpose of Euro Behemoth – Christopher Booker, DM
Ending India’s Rape Culture – Naomi Klein, Globe & Mail
The Depardieu Revolution – Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Rupert Murdoch’s Make-or-Break Venture – Michael Wolff, The Guardian
Long Walk, Short Piers – James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
Why 2013 Is Going to Be Awful – Alex Pareene, Salon
Happy New Year? – Thomas Sowell, Investor’s Business Daily

Editorials

Deficit Spending Forever and Ever – Las Vegas Review-Journal
A Tepid Fiscal Agreement – New York Times
Have the Nation’s Leaders Ever Seemed Smaller? – Washington Post

‘Journal News’ hires armed security guards [gun control hypocrites]

Tue Jan 1 19:21:06 2013 · by grundle · 3 replies

Politico ^ | January 1, 2013 | DYLAN BYERS

The Journal News of West Nyack, N.Y., has hired armed security guards to defend its offices after receiving a torrent of phone calls and emails responding to the paper’s publication of the names and addresses of area residents with pistol permits. RGA Investigations, a private security company, “is doing private security at on location at the Journal News as a result of the negative response to the article,” according to a police report first obtained by the Rockland County Times (Nanuet, N.Y.) and shared with POLITICO. The guards “are armed and will be on site during business hours through at…
House Republicans Weigh Two Options for Vote

Tue Jan 1 19:19:14 2013 · by SeekAndFind · 1 replies

Wall Street Journal ^ | 01/01/2013 | By Corey Boles, Janet Hook, Siobhan Hughes

WASHINGTON—House Republicans are gauging whether there is enough Republican support to add spending cuts to a Senate-approved fiscal-cliff agreement as leaders moved toward holding votes Tuesday night, a senior House GOP aide said. House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) on Tuesday presented Republicans with two options for overcoming an impasse on legislation to deal with the fiscal cliff. The first option would be to add spending cuts to the Senate-passed bill, vote on that and send it back to the Senate, the aide said. The fallback position would be to bring the Senate-bill up as it exists, vote on it…
Urgent Message to the GOP in the House of Representatives..

Tue Jan 1 19:15:16 2013 · by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America · 6 replies

Obama_Is_Sabotating_America ^ | January 01, 2013 | Obama_Is_Sabotating_America

DON’T DO IT. To Boehner, McConnell, Cantor, and all other Republicans in the House, under NO circumstances shall you betray your country, party and our Constitution by feeding into the Socialists’ (masquerading as Democrats) continued assault on the American economy. You MUST realize by now that the mission of the Obama regime is to force the United States into a debt we will NEVER recover from.. His ‘Cloward & Piven’ strategy of dispensing entitlements like candy and spending relentlessly without any regard to cutting spending for the purpose of CRASHING OUR REPUBLIC FOR REPLACEMENT WITH HIS NATIONAL SOCIALIST UTOPIA is…
18-Year-Old Bites, Punches Potential Kidnappers to Get Away: Deputies

Tue Jan 1 19:07:36 2013 · by nickcarraway · 5 replies

NBC San Diego ^ | Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013 | Lauren Steussy

A woman in Encinitas bit and punched three men who were allegedly attempting to kidnap and rape her Monday afternoon, she told authorities with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department responded to the 700 block of Saxony Road in Encinitas when they were informed of the potential kidnapping. The 18-year-old victim told deputies that three men who she did not know approached her in a truck near the YMCA on Saxony Road. A thin, young man, possibly a juvenile, pulled the victim into the car with the two other suspects. While in the vehicle,…
House Republicans gauging support for budget amendments

Tue Jan 1 19:06:45 2013 · by bimboeruption · 7 replies

The Hill ^ | 1-1-13 | Erik Wasson, Russell Berman and Molly K. Hooper

House Republican leaders will assess support within their conference for two options on the Senate’s “fiscal cliff” compromise before deciding whether to try to amend the legislation and send it back to the upper chamber, lawmakers and aides said. The two choices: amend the bill with spending cuts – likely killing it for the 112th Congress – or voting to adopt the Senate measure and sending it to President Obama for his signature. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) told his conference he was flatly opposed to the Senate bill without more spending cuts, members said as they emerged from…
Journal News hires armed security guards

Tue Jan 1 19:06:39 2013 · by Las Vegas Dave · 12 replies

politico.com ^ | 1/1/13 | DYLAN BYERS

The Journal News of West Nyack, N.Y., has hired armed security guards to defend its offices after receiving a torrent of phone calls and emails responding to the paper’s publication of the names and addresses of area residents with pistol permits. RGA Investigations, a private security company, “is doing private security at on location at the Journal News as a result of the negative response to the article,” according to a police report first obtained by the Rockland County Times (Nanuet, N.Y.) and shared with POLITICO. The guards “are armed and will be on site during business hours through at…
Sperm donor for lesbian couple sued by State of Kansas for child support

Tue Jan 1 19:05:44 2013 · by SeekAndFind · 8 replies

The Examiner ^ | 12/31/2012 | BY: THERESA LESCHMANN

The State of Kansas, which does not recognize same-sex unions, is pursuing child support from the man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple because the child’s mother is seeking financial aid. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration is seeking to pass the cost of that child support on to the sperm donor of the lesbian couple involved. According to the Huffington Post’s Dec. 30 report, William Marotta, a Topeka mechanic, may have to pay child support for a child he signed away all his parental rights to. The story begins when Marotta answered a Craigslist ad for a sperm donor….
Bachmann says Congress should forego pay raise

Tue Jan 1 18:49:58 2013 · by TurboZamboni · 13 replies

MPLS Star Tribune ^ | 1-1-13 | kevin diaz

Staring into the abyss of the fiscal cliff deadline, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann introduced legislation Monday that would rescind the portion of President Obama’s executive order that gives members of Congress a pay raise. “At a time when families across the country are cutting back we should not increase government spending and add to the debt burden by giving members of Congress a pay raise,” the Minnesota Republican said. The announcement came as House leaders indicated they would not have a budget deal done by the midnight deadline, plunging the nation off the fiscal cliff.
Expert: Israel Has an Historic RIght to Judea and Samaria

Tue Jan 1 18:35:24 2013 · by Eleutheria5 · 3 replies

Arutz Sheva ^ | 1/1/13 | David Lev

….. Until very recently, the guiding document for governments in Israel had been a 2004 report authored by leftist attorney Talia Sasson, who recommended the dismantling of many new communities, termed “outposts,” in Judea and Samaria. Sasson later ran for Knesset on the far-left Meretz party list. Baker said that much of the trouble relating to these communities was due to Sasson’s bad faith in preparing the report. She had been asked by then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to prepare a report on “unauthorized outposts, but when she produced the report she termed them ‘illegal’ outposts.” The government, Baker said, had…
Icy waters in North add to Mississippi River problems downstream

Tue Jan 1 18:20:40 2013 · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 3 replies

Drovers Cattle Network ^ | December 31, 2012 | National Corn Growers Association

The coming new year brings intensified shipping difficulties for barge operators on the stretch of the Mississippi River just south of St. Louis. With ice on the river’s northernmost stretch reducing water levels already seriously affected by the drought, traffic on the nation’s largest waterway could come to a halt by Friday of next week. “While the drought is at the core of the current issues on the Mississippi, this situation also highlights the dire need for infrastructure improvements,” said National Corn Growers Association Chairman Garry Niemeyer, a grower from Auburn, Ill. “At NCGA, we have been pushing for upgrades…
UKIP – Nigel Farage New Year Message 2013

Tue Jan 1 18:19:10 2013 · by Lorianne · 2 replies

You Tube ^ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW64w9nLrqA | Nigel Farage

UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage gives his New years message 2013 video 6:15
Why We Fight

Tue Jan 1 18:10:16 2013 · by BfloGuy · 1 replies

The Telegraph ^ | January 1st, 2013 | James Delingpole

Yes, I know there are those who think I sometimes go over the top in the way I sledge the opposition. But this is not a criticism I’m going to buy – or ever will buy. Did Churchill ever issue a wartime directive that, following complaints submitted by the German embassy in Dublin, soldiers should refrain from singing hurtful songs about Herr Hitler’s monotesticular status? Not as far as I can recall. In war, all is fair game. When the other side behaves badly, it deserves to be called on it – in the most explicit terms possible – not…
KNME Ordered to Mediate Public Records Lawsuit As Fines Mount (Public TV caught selling “news”)

Tue Jan 1 18:08:13 2013 · by abb · 12 replies

New Mexico Watchdog ^ | December 19, 2012 | Jim Scarantino

After more than five years of resisting a lawsuit requesting inspection of public records, KNME-TV has been ordered into mediation where it will face claims for civil fines and attorney fees that could reach $200,000 and higher. KNME-TV is the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) affiliate at the University of New Mexico. The suit arose from KNME-TV’s production for hire of a misleadingly labeled “news documentary” on the controversial Navajo water settlement. The program was called “The Water Haulers” and was commissioned and paid for by the Navajo Nation and the State Engineer of New Mexico. They wanted the program to…
Fiscal cliff in New Year’s limbo: House Republicans are demanding more federal spending cuts

Tue Jan 1 17:50:45 2013 · by 2ndDivisionVet · 34 replies

Newser / The Associated Press ^ | January 1, 2013 | David Espo and Alan Fram

Emergency legislation to avoid the economy-threatening fiscal cliff ran into vehement New Year’s Day opposition from House Republicans, casting doubt on the divided government’s ability to prevent widespread tax increases and painful, across-the-board federal spending cuts. “I do not support the bill. We are looking, though, for the best path forward,” House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., declared after a closed-door meeting of his party’s rank and file. While Speaker John Boehner took no public position, an attempt to add spending cuts was all but certain before the leadership called for a final House vote on the measure that cleared…
Cops: City ends 2012 with 506 homicides, more than 16 percent increase over 2011 (unofficial count)

Tue Jan 1 17:50:30 2013 · by Libloather · 8 replies

Chicago Tribune ^ | 1/01/13 | Jeremy Gorner

**SNIP** Although it’s difficult to pinpoint a single cause for last year’s increase, statistics show the early part of 2012 suffered the biggest spike in homicides. Experts and some law enforcement sources believe the unseasonable warmth that hit Chicago during that period contributed to a homicide spike as high as 66 percent in April, and the month of March—the warmest March on record in Chicago–was especially hit hard when there were 53 homicides, up from 23 in March 2011. **SNIP** Even though Chicago has the most police officers per 100,000 people out the five major U.S. cities, many within the…
Fiscal Cliff Deal: Hollywood Gets Tax Incentive Extension

Tue Jan 1 17:49:52 2013 · by Behind Liberal Lines · 18 replies

Breitbart News ^ | 01./01/13

The Senate’s just passed “fiscal cliff” legislation includes an extension of tax breaks for Hollywood, the same industry which came out en masse to support President Barack Obama’s re-election.
URGENT!!: A FEINSTEIN NEW YEAR FOR YOU

Tue Jan 1 17:48:01 2013 · by Red in Blue PA · 27 replies

Backwoodshome ^

One of the first items on the agenda for Congress in January 2013, if not the first, will be the new and even more Draconian “assault weapons and magazine ban” long since drafted by Dianne Feinstein, Democrat Senator from California. Here, in 1995, Dianne Feinstein explains why she would ban all private ownership of firearms if she could: —- Moreover, THE TRANSFER TAX (“REGISTRATION TAX”) PER ITEM IS $200 APIECE FOR NFA ITEMS! Only, this would be a transfer “from you to yourself,” an extortionistic demand that you pay to keep something you have already legally purchased and responsibly owned….
WHY GOOD PEOPLE NEED SEMIAUTOMATIC FIREARMS AND “HIGH CAPACITY” MAGAZINES (M. Ayoob)

Tue Jan 1 17:44:05 2013 · by Red in Blue PA · 13 replies

Backwoodshome ^

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably had a conversation with someone in the last few days who asked, “Why do ordinary law-abiding people need those semiautomatic firearms with magazines that can hold more than ten cartridges?” There are lots of sound answers. For one thing, defensive firearms are meant to be “equalizers,” force multipliers that can allow one good person to defend against multiple evil people. To allow one good person to defend against a single evil person so much stronger and/or bigger and/or more violent than he or she, that the attacker’s potentially lethal assault can be stopped. History…
St. Louis Planned Parenthood Botches Third Abortion in Weeks

Tue Jan 1 17:38:32 2013 · by kathsua · 15 replies

Life News ^ | 12/28/12 | Steven Ertelt

The Planned Parenthood abortion business in St. Louis has apparently botched its third abortion in recent weeks, as it was documented sending another woman to a local hospital the day after Christmas. For the third time since Thanksgiving, the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic transported a woman to the hospital for emergency care, making it one of the most dangerous abortion clinics in the nation, according to officials with Operation Rescue, who informed LifeNews of the incident. As the pro-life group indicated, on December 26, at approximately 9:30 a.m., an ambulance was photographed by local activists loading a Planned Parenthood patient…
“American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012″ (Senate Roll Call Vote)

Tue Jan 1 17:24:37 2013 · by neverdem · 12 replies

U.S. Senate ^ | January 1, 2013 | NA

NAYs —8 Bennet (D-CO) Carper (D-DE) Grassley (R-IA) Harkin (D-IA) Lee (R-UT) Paul (R-KY) Rubio (R-FL) Shelby (R-AL) Not Voting – 3 DeMint (R-SC) Kirk (R-IL) Lautenberg (D-NJ)
New Year, same binge Britain

Tue Jan 1 17:08:38 2013 · by Berlin_Freeper · 6 replies

thesun.co.uk ^ | January 1, 2013 | STAFF REPORTER

BOOZE-fuelled Brits spilled on to streets around the country as they raucously saw in the New Year. Partygoers across the country were drunk, disorderly and dishevelled as they stumbled out of bars and clubs. There was carnage in Britain’s major cities – including London, Newcastle, Liverpool and Birmingham – as revellers came out in force, despite the grim weather in some areas. It was a busy night for the emergency services, with some reporting a huge spike in the number of calls they received. The Metropolitan Police said that officers had made 96 arrests across the capital by 3.45am relating…

Another Year Begun: Opportunity Beckons – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

More From Real Clear

World: Getting a Clearer View of Syria’s Civil War – C. Reuter, Der Spiegel
Technology: 2013: The Year That Media Piracy Dies – Stupid Is Winning
Sports: Black Monday Racks Up Hideous Toll – Jarrett Bell, USA Today

Senate-passed ‘fiscal cliff’ agreement in trouble in House

Erik Wasson, Russell Berman and Molly K. Hooper - 01/01/13 05:05 PM ET

The Republican majority is likely to try to amend the bill and send it back to the Senate.…

Pelosi, Dems urge Boehner to hold an up-or-down vote on Senate ‘cliff’ bill

Mike Lillis - 01/01/13 04:29 PM ET

“The issue of whether we have an up-or-down vote shouldn’t even be a question,” said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi…

Obama might echo Pelosi’s call for House vote on Senate budget bill

Bob Cusack - 01/01/13 05:38 PM ET

Democrats on Capitol Hill would like to see President Obama call for a roll call vote on the bill that…

Boehner’s 100 loyal soldiers might give him political cover on ‘fiscal cliff’

Bob Cusack - 01/01/13 03:06 PM ET

The Speaker has about 100 Republican members he can count on if and when the Senate-passed bill hits House floor.…

House Republicans blast Senate ‘cliff’ bill

Pete Kasperowicz - 01/01/13 12:43 PM ET

“We’re taking up a bill that will not do anything to cut spending. I’m embarrassed for this generation,” said Rep.…

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House GOP bill halves Sandy relief

Erik Wasson - 01/01/13 12:21 PM ET

But an amendment will be allowed boosting the proposed $27 billion in emergency aid by an extra $33 billion. …

Senate easily approves Biden-McConnell ‘fiscal cliff’ agreement early Tuesday

Alexander Bolton - 01/01/13 10:27 AM ET

The 89-8 vote puts pressure on the GOP-led House to approve the legislation. …

Deal guarantees spending showdown

Erik Wasson - 01/01/13 08:45 AM ET

The Senate’s budget deal sets up a massive showdown in just weeks and many Republicans are eager for the fight.…

Senate hits Russia on adoption ban

Pete Kasperowicz - 01/01/13 09:34 AM ET

Russia’s ban, which takes effect today, is seen as a reaction to congressional passage of the so-called Magnitsky Act.…

Senate Democrats will reject House changes to tax bill, aides say

Alexander Bolton

01/01/13 03:10 PM ET

“We’re done,” a senior Democratic aide said about possible changes to the Senate’s “fiscal cliff” deal.…

CBO: ‘Fiscal cliff’ deal carries $4 trillion price tag over next decade

Peter Schroeder

01/01/13 02:07 PM ET

The budget deal approved by the Senate is expected to add $3.9 trillion to the deficit over 10 years. …

Bozell: GOP’s ‘soul’ at risk in Senate tax deal

Alexander Bolton

01/01/13 04:13 PM ET

The GOP activist says the Senate agreement on taxes “is not a ‘deal,’ it’s a surrender.”…

Sen. Rubio: ‘Fiscal cliff’ bill will hurt future economic growth

Alexander Bolton

01/01/13 10:12 AM ET

The Florida Republican said an income tax increase will force small businesses to fire employees.…

Obama: Senate deal ‘the right thing to do for our country’ on deficit

Sheldon Alberts

01/01/13 08:05 AM ET

The president is urging the House to pass the Senate’s ‘fiscal cliff’ legislation “without delay.”…

Senior Dems say ‘cliff’ bill likely to pass House with their support

Sheldon Alberts

01/01/13 11:30 AM ET

“Pick your poison. Do you want to avoid the cliff? There’s some benefit in doing that,” said Rep. Peter Welch.…

McConnell calls deal on ‘fiscal cliff’ ‘imperfect’ but necessary

Ramsey Cox

01/01/13 01:56 AM ET

The deal he negotiated with Vice President Biden was imperfect but necessary, Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell said. …

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Real Clear Politics Monday

Morning Update
Obama’s Tax Hikes Won’t Be Nearly Big Enough – John Judis, New Republic
“We Darn Well Better Cut Spending” – Pete DuPont, Wall Street Journal
Let’s Give Up on the Constitution – Louis Michael Seidman, New York Times
Why Government Is Often Self-Defeating – Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Deal or Not, Budget Debacle Will Linger Into 2013 – Rick Klein, ABC News
Globalization in Retreat – Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
2013 Likely Another Ho-Hum Year for Economy – Kevin Hall, McClatchy
America Slouching Towards Europe – Samuel Gregg, New York Post
Media CEOs Try to Engineer Turnaround in 2013 – David Carr, NY Times
Misplaced Fear & Loathing Over Income Inequality – Nick Gillespie, Reason
Lessons for Both Parties From the 2012 Elections – Albert Hunt, Bloomberg
The Five Worst Things Obama Did in 2012 – Tim Stanley, The Telegraph
Billionaires Should Buy, Liquidate Gunmaker – William Cohan, Bloomberg
Syria’s Descent into Hell – McCain, Lieberman & Graham, Washington Post
West Must ‘Change Approach to Failing States’ – Gerhard Spörl, Der Spiegel
Al-Qaida Carves Out Its Own Country in Mali – Rukmini Callimachi, AP
In Search of Our Better Angels – David Shribman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Afternoon Update
Deal Takes Shape, Spending Still at Issue – Jonathan Weisman, NY Times
Deja Vu: Congress Raises Taxes, Won’t Cut Spending – Erick Erickson, RS
Brewing Up Confusion Over “Debt Crisis” – Paul Krugman, New York Times
Obama’s Crisis Demagoguery – Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
With or Without Deal, Most Face Tax Hikes – Zachary Goldfarb, Wash Post
Will Gun Control Happen? – Hendrik Hertzberg, The New Yorker

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GOP Likely to Amend Deal; Dems Won’t Play Ball

by Bridget Johnson

House Dems want an up-or-down vote on Senate version despite Republicans’ intention to add spending cuts.

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CNN Rings in the New Year…

by Ed Driscoll

…As only they can. Another year, another train wreck debacle featuring Kathy Griffin and Anderson Cooper.

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Dem Senator Voted Against Deal Because It Doesn’t Reduce Deficit

by Bridget Johnson

A surprise from incoming DSCC chairman Bennet.

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Senate Quickly Passes 157-Page Deal on Fiscal Cliff

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The Incompatibility of Obamanomics and Human Happiness, Christmas Edition

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Conservative Senator Lashes Out: ‘This Place is a Joke’

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Isakson: Negotiations at Point Where ‘Revenue is No Longer a Question’

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Les Miserables‘s Old-Fashioned Values

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Boehner seeks to amend cliff bill

By JAKE SHERMAN and CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN | 1/1/13 6:30 PM EST

Democrats’ campaign chief votes ‘no’

By SEUNG MIN KIM | 1/1/13 11:14 AM EST

The incoming head of the DSCC says the fiscal cliff deal does too little on the deficit.
The 8 senators who voted ‘no’

By KATE NOCERA | 1/1/13 4:30 PM EST

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Graham: Save fight for debt ceiling

By BOBBY CERVANTES | 1/1/13 10:33 AM EST

“We’re going to get blamed and about two weeks into this, we’ll fold like a cheap suit,” he says.
Cliff deal includes farm bill extension

By DAVID ROGERS | 1/1/13 10:52 AM EST

The extension is a bitter blow for farmers who had hoped for changes in the dairy support program.
Dem pol: Boehner ‘courageous’

By BOBBY CERVANTES | 1/1/13 9:34 AM EST

Rep. Yarmuth credits the speaker for being willing to send the fiscal cliff deal to the floor.
Dems win key tax fights

By STEVEN SLOAN and KELSEY SNELL | 1/1/13 11:02 AM EST

The emerging fiscal cliff deal is enough to leave Republicans with a major New Year’s hangover.
PHOTOS: Fiscal cliff countdown

By POLITICO STAFF | 12/31/12 6:36 PM EST

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Right, left gripe over cliff deal

By SEUNG MIN KIM | 1/1/13 2:13 AM EST

A rare bipartisan consensus is forming on Capitol Hill over the fiscal cliff deal: Nobody really likes it.
Paul slams ‘spending bill’ cliff deal

By BOBBY CERVANTES | 12/31/12 7:00 PM EST

He says preliminary details of a potential deal are a “deal killer” for him.
Norquist supports Senate cliff plan

By KATIE GLUECK and KEVIN CIRILLI | 12/31/12 7:36 PM EST

Norquist expresses confidence in last-minutes cliff deals.
Cliff dive felt in classrooms, airports

By KEVIN CIRILLI | 12/31/12 7:40 PM EST

An automatic cut to discretionary programs takes effect, hitting everything from the FAA to the FDA.
PHOTOS: 15 cliff-dive side effects

By KEVIN CIRILLI | 12/28/12 2:14 PM EST

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Congress, least festive New Year’s gathering

By GINGER GIBSON | 1/1/13 4:47 PM EST

Staffers grumbled, security guards groused, and members of Congress wished they were elsewhere.
Cliff deal won’t settle health future

By JOANNE KENEN | 12/31/12 7:11 PM EST

If the fiscal cliff deal happens, questions about entitlement spending will remain unresolved.
No cliff fear: Dow closes up 166 pts

By KATIE GLUECK | 12/31/12 4:56 PM EST

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped about seven points.
10 resolutions for 2013

By JAMES HOHMANN | 12/31/12 6:04 AM EST

Here are POLITICO’s 5 top commitments needed for both Democrats and Republicans.
D.C.’s resolutions aren’t all fiscal

By PATRICK GAVIN and KATIE GLUECK | 12/31/12 5:29 PM EST
House GOP cliff frustration mounts

By KATE NOCERA | 1/1/13 2:13 AM EST

They accuse the president of wanting to go over the fiscal cliff.
Huntsman: Dems will turn lazy

By KATIE GLUECK | 12/31/12 2:20 PM EST

The former GOP presidential hopeful says “crony capitalism” will grow in Washington.
Dem pol fights Obama Hill pay hike

By KEVIN ROBILLARD | 12/31/12 4:45 PM EST

John Barrow urges leadership to block an executive order authorizing raises for Congress.
AIG ad thanks taxpayers for bailout

By ZACHARY WARMBRODT | 12/31/12 12:03 PM EST

“We thank America for allowing us to insure a brighter future and to bring on tomorrow.”

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Ex-Cantor aide talks up Biden

A confidante and former aide to Eric Cantor says Biden should’ve been leading for the past month.
Why Rubio voted ‘no’ on cliff deal

By MANU RAJU | 1/1/13 3:08 PM EST
New laws include bear hunting, hogs

By KEVIN ROBILLARD | 1/1/13 12:29 PM EST

A slew of new and occasionally wacky state laws are coming into effect in 2013.
House rolls out smaller Sandy aid bill

By DAVID ROGERS | 1/1/13 1:09 PM EST

The scaled-back $27 billion diaster aid also offers lawmakers a chance to add $33 billion more.
2012′s 6 stalest political cliches

By KATIE GLUECK | 1/1/13 8:07 AM EST

A long campaign season and congressional battles resulted in plenty of overused phrases.
Senate Benghazi report knocks State

By SEUNG MIN KIM | 12/31/12 2:38 PM EST

Susan Collins says “too often” they did not adequately respond to pleas for more security.
Doctors: Clinton blood clot near brain

By DONOVAN SLACK | 1/1/13 6:10 AM EST
Bolton shifts Clinton critique

By BOBBY CERVANTES | 1/1/13 12:24 PM EST

He softens his criticism after her hospitalization.
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Md. gay marriage ceremonies begin

By ASSOCIATED PRESS | 1/1/13 1:33 AM EST

Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the first state south of the Mason-Dixon line.
Gannett advertisers face boycott

By MACKENZIE WEINGER | 12/31/12 2:58 PM EST

The move comes after the Journal News published an online list of pistol-permit holders.
Pa. governor to sue NCAA

By ASSOCIATED PRESS | 1/1/13 5:54 PM EST

Corbett plans to sue over sanctions against Penn State for the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
Michelle Obama’s 2012 fashion

By EMILY HOWELL | 1/1/13 6:38 PM EST

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Fox News ratings down

By DYLAN BYERS | 1/1/13 8:08 AM EST

It has taken a post-election ratings hit.
- Trib names News Corp-heavy board