Senate passes 'fiscal cliff' deal

[Minskaya]

The US Senate has passed a compromise measure to partially avert the so-called government 'fiscal cliff'. The Senate measure, which primarily addresses 'fiscal cliff tax increases', now goes to the House where it may encounter significant push-back. Congressional leaders have agreed to address the 'spending cuts' portion of the fiscal cliff within the next two months. Under the Senate compromise deal, unemployment benefits will remain in place.

Senate Approves Fiscal Cliff Legislation 89-8

[dalem]

Stupid. Gotta pay for all the toys sometime, might as well be now.

-dale

[Bigfella]

The US Senate has passed a compromise measure to partially avert the so-called government 'fiscal cliff'. The Senate measure, which primarily addresses 'fiscal cliff tax increases', now goes to the House where it may encounter significant push-back. Congressional leaders have agreed to address the 'spending cuts' portion of the fiscal cliff within the next two months. Under the Senate compromise deal, unemployment benefits will remain in place.

Senate Approves Fiscal Cliff Legislation 89-8

Great minds think alike. Yours is slightly more up to date than mine. One down one to go.

http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/ame...f-averted.html

[kuku]

so the US government made the cliff itself, and was climbing on the way to jump off it, and then decided not to at the last moment, that sound right?

[Doktor]

Government made the cliff, climbed on it, but the Senate decided not to jump. I think.

[kuku]

is the senate from outside US politics an independent body that just came into existence after this cliff was created?

[Minskaya]

is the senate from outside US politics an independent body that just came into existence after this cliff was created?

The Senate and the House of Representatives constitute the two legislative branches of the United States federal government...

[Doktor]

He was teasing me.

[Minskaya]

He was teasing me.

:red:

ooops - still a bit blurry from last night lol

[Chogy]

Don't be embarrassed. A significant percentage of U.S. citizens could not describe with any accuracy what your diagram shows.