memeorandum: Senate negotiators yet to reach ‘fiscal cliff’ deal as clock winds down (Washington Post)

10:15 AM ET, December 31, 2012

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HILLARY CLINTON HOSPITALIZED WITH BLOOD CLOT — You are here — Home » United States government » Hillary Clinton hospitalized with blood clot — WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been admitted to a New York hospital after the discovery …

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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:

Hillary Clinton hospitalized with blood clot — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was hospitalized in New York on Sunday after doctors monitoring her recovery from a concussion discovered a blood clot, according to a statement from her office. — The statement said that …

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BuzzFeed:

8 People Who Thought Hillary Clinton Was Faking Her Concussion — The Secretary of State was hospitalized Sunday night with a blood clot. — Former U.S. U.N. spokesman Richard Grenell — Via: @RichardGrenell — The New York Post — Via: nypost.com

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Elise Labott / CNN:

Hillary Clinton hospitalized after doctors discover blood clot — From her early days as a lawyer to one of the most powerful people in Washington, here's a look at Clinton at through the years: — HIDE CAPTION — Hillary Clinton through the years — (CNN) — Secretary …

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Associated Press:

Hillary Clinton Goes to Hospital After Exam Finds a Blood Clot — WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was admitted to a New York hospital Sunday after the discovery of a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained earlier this month.

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NBC Politics:
Hillary Clinton hospitalized after doctors discover blood clot

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Politico:

Fiscal cliff: Biden, McConnell make major progress — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Vice President Joe Biden engaged in furious overnight negotiations to avert the fiscal cliff and made major progress toward a year-end tax deal, giving sudden hope to high-stakes talks …

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Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:

Fiscal Cliff Talks Resume After GOP Caves On Social Security Cut — If Senate leaders reach an agreement to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, they won't announce it today. — On the Senate floor Sunday evening, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that, after a brief run off the rails …

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Katie Glueck / Politico:

Grover Norquist: Tax rates won't increase — Grover Norquist on Monday expressed confidence that any last-minute fiscal cliff deal would not hike tax rates. — “I'm working with all the folks who are trying to defend taxpayers here in Congress,” he said on CNN's “Starting Point.”

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Michael McAuliff / The Huffington Post:
Fiscal Cliff: GOP Gives In On Social Security Cuts In Stalled Talks (UPDATE)

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Washington Post:
Senate negotiators yet to reach ‘fiscal cliff’ deal as clock winds down

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Lawmakers have no bill, no deal and New Year's Eve on the cliff

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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
GOP senators backing away from Social Security demand

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Wall Street Journal:
Congress Meets Cliff's Edge

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Politico:
No cliff deal as final hour approaches

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Louis Michael Seidman / New York Times:

Let's Give Up on the Constitution — AS the nation teeters at the edge of fiscal chaos, observers are reaching the conclusion that the American system of government is broken. But almost no one blames the culprit: our insistence on obedience to the Constitution, with all its archaic, idiosyncratic and downright evil provisions.

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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:

The Republican Party in one tweet — This is pretty much the Republican Party in one tweet: — Today's Republican Party thinks the key problem America faces is out-of-control entitlement spending. But cutting entitlement spending is unpopular and the GOP's coalition relies heavily on seniors.

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RealClearPolitics Video Log:

Sen. Reid To GOP: “At This Stage We're Not Able To Make A Counteroffer” — SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL (R-KENTUCKY): My office submitted our latest offer to the Majority Leader last night at 7:10 p.m. and offered to work through the night to find common ground. The Majority Leader's staff informed us …

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Frank Newport / Gallup:

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama Most Admired in 2012 — Clinton has been Most Admired more than any other woman in Gallup's history — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans again this year name Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama as the Most Admired Woman and Most Admired Man living in any part of the world.

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Frank Bass / Bloomberg:

U.S. on Pace for Slowest Decade of Population Growth Since 1930s — The U.S. population is on track for its slowest decade of growth since the Great Depression. — The Census Bureau estimates there will be 315.1 million people living in the country on New Year's Day …

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New York Post:

Greenwich Village couple busted with cache of weapons, bombmaking explosives: sources — The privileged daughter of a prominent city doctor, and her boyfriend — a Harvard grad and Occupy Wall Street activist — have been busted for allegedly having a cache of weapons and a bombmaking explosive in their Greenwich Village apartment.

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