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Congress approves fiscal cliff compromise, but battle is far from over

Global Politics

Congress approved a fiscal cliff bill Tuesday night, after weeks of broken deals and failed compromises. But the battle is far from over as conservatives push for dramatic increases in spending cuts in exchange for raising the country’s debt limit, as soon as March.

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