House And Senate Sit On Tax Bills The Other Passed

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- It may not sound like it from the rhetoric, but both the House and Senate have passed separate bills to delay big tax increases awaiting nearly every taxpayer next year if Congress and the White House can't agree on a plan to avert the "fiscal cliff."...

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