The US Senate passed a bill two hours after the nation went over the fiscal cliff early Tuesday mornin.
Will the House pony up before the markets open on Wednesday?
The deal, worked out in furious negotiations between Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and the Republican Senate leader, Mitch McConnell, passed 89-8, with just three Democrats and five Republicans voting no. Although it lost the support of some of the Senate’s most conservative members, the broad coalition that pushed the accord across the finish line could portend swift House passage as early as New Year’s Day.
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