| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | For new Congress, bar couldn't be lower | | 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. |
| 'Going big' day may be 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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