| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | New Congress, old drama | | We get a new Congress today with nearly 100 new members. But the political theatrics that kept Americans on the edge of the fiscal cliff may not change much. |
| Obama uses autopen to sign cliff bill | | President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill to avert the fiscal cliff, a day after the House and Senate approved the much-debated legislation. |
| Fiscal cliff winners and losers | | Congress went beyond the edge of the fiscal cliff to get a deal done in back-to-back, late-night sessions to avert a financial crisis, or at least to put it off for a couple months. Here are winners and losers in the deal: |
| Are the days of 'going big' over? | | It was a common refrain during the House and Senate late-night votes to avert the fiscal cliff. Senator after senator, congressman after congressman lamented the fact that the legislation didn't "do more," "go bigger" or that it was "far from perfect." |
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