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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/31/11/00/z0PBn.St.138.jpeg|415Dawn breaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. U.S. lawmakers hurtled toward a midnight deadline to avert hundreds of billions of dollars in tax increases and spending cuts, struggling to extract the country from a fiscal trap they created. Photographer: Jay Mallin/Bloomberg
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/31/11/00/12VpX7.St.138.jpeg|415WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 31: Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-AZ) speaks with reporters outside of his office on Capitol Hill December 31, 2012 in Washington, DC. The House and Senate are both still in session on New Year's Eve to try to deal with the looming 'fiscal cliff.' (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/31/11/00/rPeHt.St.138.jpeg|415WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 31: (L-R) Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-AZ) talk outside of Kyl's office on Capitol Hill December 31, 2012 in Washington, DC. The House and Senate are both still in session on New Year's Eve to try to deal with the looming 'fiscal cliff.' (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/31/10/59/1tox3z.St.138.jpeg|525WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 31: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) arrives on Capitol Hill December 31, 2012 in Washington, DC. The House and Senate are both still in session on New Year's Eve to try to deal with the looming 'fiscal cliff.' (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/31/10/59/2kHXP.St.138.jpeg|525Senator Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, center,, walks into the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. U.S. lawmakers hurtled toward a midnight deadline to avert hundreds of billions of dollars in tax increases and spending cuts, struggling to extract the country from a fiscal trap they created. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Harry Reid
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/31/10/59/umyej.St.138.jpeg|415WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 31: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks to his office on Capitol Hill December 31, 2012 in Washington, DC. The House and Senate are both still in session on New Year's Eve to try to deal with the looming 'fiscal cliff.' (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/31/10/58/ToFgn.St.138.jpeg|427House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., arrives at the Capitol as leaders in the Senate and the House face pressure to find a legislative path to head off the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts set to take effect Jan. 1, in Washington, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/31/10/58/yAjoi.St.138.jpeg|409Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Ariz. arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, as fiscal cliff negotiations continued. Working against a midnight deadline, negotiators for the White House and congressional Republicans in Congress narrowed their differences Monday on legislation to avert across-the-board tax increases. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/31/10/58/DLZLn.St.138.jpeg|506Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, as fiscal cliff negotiations continued. Working against a midnight deadline, negotiators for the White House and congressional Republicans in Congress narrowed their differences Monday on legislation to avert across-the-board tax increases. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/31/10/58/jgU9L.St.138.jpeg|525Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, as fiscal cliff negotiations continued. Working against a midnight deadline, negotiators for the White House and congressional Republicans in Congress narrowed their differences Monday on legislation to avert across-the-board tax increases. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/31/10/58/tOLQ4.St.138.jpeg|525Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, as fiscal cliff negotiations continued. Working against a midnight deadline, negotiators for the White House and congressional Republicans in Congress narrowed their differences Monday on legislation to avert across-the-board tax increases. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/31/10/57/1pYpAs.St.138.jpeg|416Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, arrives at the Capitol as leaders in the Senate and the House face pressure to find a legislative path to head off the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts set to take effect Jan. 1, in Washington, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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