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Deliberating the Fiscal Cliff

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Reporters surround Assistant Majority Leader Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., outside the Senate chamber during negotiations on the fiscal cliff.

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., retreats to a closed-door meeting with fellow Democrats as he and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., worked to negotiate a legislative path to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff.

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., walks to a meeting with Vice President Joe Biden and the House Democratic leadership to discuss the fiscal cliff bill at the Capitol.

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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., pauses to speak with reporters at the Capitol as Senate and House leaders rushed to assemble an agreement to head off the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts that were set to take effect Jan. 1.

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The moon rises behind the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington as Congress works into the late evening into 2013 to resolve the stalemate over the fiscal cliff.

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Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, walks with reporters on Capitol Hill as negotiations continued to try to reach a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff.

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House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., leaves a Republican caucus on the fiscal cliff on Capitol Hill.

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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. walks with reporters on Capitol Hill amid negotiations on the fiscal cliff.

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., leaves a Republican caucus meeting held to discuss the fiscal cliff.

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Reporters pursue Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, as he walks to a closed-door meeting with GOP members of the House to discuss the fiscal cliff.

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Vice President Joe Biden, with Majority Leader Harry Reid, arrives for a Senate Democratic caucus meeting on Capitol Hill about the fiscal cliff.

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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden make a statement regarding the passage of the fiscal cliff bill in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House.

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