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Fiscal cliff count down: 25 days

By Lynn Sweet

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Fiscal Cliff Notes for Dec. 6, 2012

25 days to the fiscal cliff

Still no fiscal cliff deal….(but did you expect one so soon?)

My latest post on fiscal cliff wrangling is over at the Sun-Times political blog HERE.

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