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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/01/18/50/ublhj.St.138.jpeg|427House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), front, and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) walk to a party caucus, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 1, 2013. House Republicans reacted with anger Tuesday afternoon to a Senate-passed plan to head off automatic tax increases and spending cuts, with Cantor saying he could not support the legislation in its current form. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The New York Times)Store |
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/01/18/52/CCD0I.St.138.jpeg|418House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, flanked by Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-NY, left, and Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, to discuss the fiscal cliff bill passed by the Senate last night that's waiting for a vote in the Republican-controlled House. The House Democrats met earlier with Vice President Joe Biden who has been shuttling between the White House and Capitol Hill to help negotiate a legislative path to avert the across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts that could damage the economy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/01/18/51/1dZdnS.St.138.jpeg|416House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. leaves a Republican caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Squarely in the spotlight, House Republicans leaders shopped a Senate-approved "fiscal cliff" compromise to rank-and-file colleagues on New Year's Day and heard concerns that the accord lacked sufficient spending cuts. Vice President Joe Biden tried rallying House Democrats behind the deal in a separate meeting. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/01/18/52/1i5lCZ.St.138.jpeg|416House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, right, walks out of a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan budget deal two hours after income tax cuts expired, reaching an after-deadline agreement to undo the potential economic harm of $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** John BoehnerStore |
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/01/18/51/Sxs28.St.138.jpeg|428Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-NY, right, accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Md., left, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, to discuss the fiscal cliff bill passed by the Senate last night that's waiting for a vote in the Republican-controlled House. The House Democrats met earlier with Vice President Joe Biden who has been shuttling between the White House and Capitol Hill to help negotiate a legislative path to avert the across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts that could damage the economy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/01/15/26/P6mCR.St.138.jpeg|415WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 01: Vice President Joe Biden arrives for a House Democratic Caucus meeting to discuss the legislation that will blunt the effects of the "fiscal cliff" before a rare New Year's Day session January 1, 2013 in Washington, DC. 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. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Store |
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/01/15/26/19W44X.St.138.jpeg|416House Speaker John Boehner Ohio walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, as legislation to negate a fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts moves to the GOP-dominated House following a bipartisan, middle-of-the-night approval in the Senate. Boehner is expected to encounter opposition from conservatives within his own party. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/01/15/26/idGj7.St.138.jpeg|415WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 01: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) arrives for a House Democratic Caucus meeting to discuss the legislation that will blunt the effects of the "fiscal cliff" before 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. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Store |
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/01/15/25/bGeU9.St.138.jpeg|416The dome of the Capitol is reflected in a skylight of the Capitol Visitor's Center in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Squarely in the spotlight, House Republicans planned a closed-door meeting Tuesday to decide their next move after the Senate overwhelmingly approved compromise legislation negating a fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts to the Pentagon and other government agencies. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/01/15/25/1hgTCK.St.138.jpeg|416House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, as legislation to negate a fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts moves to the GOP-dominated House following a bipartisan, middle-of-the-night approval in the Senate. Boehner is expected to encounter opposition from conservatives within his own party. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/01/15/24/16qgOa.St.138.jpeg|416House Democrats and staffers walk down a staircase en route to a caucus meeting with Vice President Joe Biden, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Squarely in the spotlight, House Republicans began deciding their next move Tuesday after the Senate overwhelmingly approved compromise legislation negating a fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts to the Pentagon and other government agencies. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/01/15/24/g97Mr.St.138.jpeg|416House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., left, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, and others, arrive for a Republican caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Squarely in the spotlight, House Republicans began deciding their next move Tuesday after the Senate overwhelmingly approved compromise legislation negating a fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts to the Pentagon and other government agencies. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/01/15/23/ysrcX.St.138.jpeg|416House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Md., center, and others, arrives for a Democratic caucus meeting with Vice President Joe Biden, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Squarely in the spotlight, House Republicans began deciding their next move Tuesday after the Senate overwhelmingly approved compromise legislation negating a fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts to the Pentagon and other government agencies. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/01/15/23/gRg7n.St.138.jpeg|416House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, walks down a staircase on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, to a Democratic caucus meeting with Vice President Joe Biden. Squarely in the spotlight, House Republicans began deciding their next move Tuesday after the Senate overwhelmingly approved compromise legislation negating a fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts to the Pentagon and other government agencies. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/01/15/20/18REfb.St.138.jpeg|416House Minority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., center, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, and others, arrive for a Republican caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Squarely in the spotlight, House Republicans began deciding their next move Tuesday after the Senate overwhelmingly approved compromise legislation negating a fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts to the Pentagon and other government agencies. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/01/15/22/sAGpr.St.138.jpeg|415Gray clouds fill the sky over the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Squarely in the spotlight, House Republicans planned a closed-door meeting Tuesday to decide their next move after the Senate overwhelmingly approved compromise legislation negating a fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts to the Pentagon and other government agencies. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/01/15/22/1enInT.St.138.jpeg|416Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, heads to the Senate floor for a vote on the fiscal cliff, on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 in Washington. The Senate passed legislation early New Year's Day to neutralize a fiscal cliff combination of across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts that kicked in at midnight. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/01/15/21/1ipnqC.St.138.jpeg|455Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, right, from Kentucky, heads into his office after a vote on the fiscal cliff, on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 in Washington. The Senate passed legislation early New Year's Day to neutralize a fiscal cliff combination of across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts that kicked in at midnight. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/01/15/21/8Xtpw.St.138.jpeg|416Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, left, from Nevada, talks with a journalist as the elevator doors close as he departs the Capitol after a vote about the fiscal cliff, on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 in Washington. The Senate passed legislation early New Year's Day to neutralize a fiscal cliff combination of across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts that kicked in at midnight. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/01/15/20/S2uM.St.138.jpeg|416Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., left, walks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell from Kentucky, to the Senate floor for a vote on the fiscal cliff, on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 in Washington. The Senate passed legislation early New Year's Day to neutralize a fiscal cliff combination of across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts that kicked in at midnight. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/01/15/22/iTTAe.St.138.jpeg|407Sen. John Barrasso, left, R-Wyo., talks with Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, who holds up his watch, near the Senate chambers after a vote on the fiscal cliff, on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 in Washington. The Senate passed legislation early New Year's Day to neutralize a fiscal cliff combination of across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts that kicked in at midnight. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/01/15/20/16NZrU.St.138.jpeg|416A light remains on in an office in the West Wing of the White House as talks regarding fiscal cliff continue on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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