21-Dec-2012 02:42 cliff

Canada's fiscal cliff concerns :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/0yXmI3Y9F3M/

Obama in fiscal cliff tax offer :: US President Obama makes a new offer to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff", raising his threshold for tax rises and reducing calls for new revenue.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20763011#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Help Protect Federal Spending on Rare Diseases like Duchenne :: PPMD Taking Action to Avert Sequestration



Those engaged in federal advocacy probably thought the Prescription Drug User Fee Act and its acronym PDUFA would take the cake in terms of policy jargon. But as the nation's eyes are fixed on Washington to see whether or not the nation will careen over the "fiscal cliff," the term sequester and sequestration is invading the American lexicon.

According to Webster, sequester traces its roots to the 14th Century and is derived from the Latin "sequestrare" which means "to hand over to a trustee." After centuries of obscurity, the term gained new prominence beginning in the summer of 2011, when Congress reached a deal to increase the nation's debt that forced a set of across-the-board spending cuts – or a sequester of such funds – if a committe...
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Fiscal cliff talks intensify :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/dNt2H4d9-RQ/

Rogoff: Fiscal cliff mire will linger :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/G8oQeDqNKxY/

U.S. fiscal cliff by-the-numbers :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/eArNgnxjUdc/index.html

Sachs: U.S. cliff hits everyone :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/XO_SMTxhkn8/

IMF chief on looming fiscal cliff :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/yc1Y4t9znbk/

Boehner Can't Rally His Own Party, Cancels 'Plan B' Vote :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A scheduled vote on House Speaker John Boehner's fiscal cliff solution, "Plan B," was canceled Thursday evening after the speaker failed to garner the support of his Republican caucus.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/boehner-cant-rally-his-own-party-cancels-plan-b-vote-956636

US shelves 'fiscal cliff' vote :: US Republicans cancel a Congress vote on a tax-rises, called Plan B, aimed at avert a looming deadline on spending reform known as the fiscal cliff.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20797537#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa