House Passes Fiscal Cliff Bill
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January 2, 2013 - 12:14am
Econintersect: In the fading hours of New Year's Day evening, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill approved in the wee hours of the morning of the same day by an 89-8 vote in the U.S. Senate. Only after the Senate insisted that the House must take an up-or-down vote did House Speaker John Boehner bring the bill up for a vote at 10 pm. The final tally in the House, although closer than the Senate, was a substantial 90 vote margin, 257-167. More than 90% of the Democratic votes (172) were joined by more than a third of the Republicans (85) to produce the winning margin.
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January 2, 2013 - 12:14am
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