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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, makes his way back to his office after going into the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Dec. 31, 2012. Lawmakers on the Hill are attempting to avert the looming "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax increases and spending cuts. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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President Obama speaks about the fiscal cliff on Dec. 31, 2012, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington. The president said it appears that an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff is "in sight," but says it's not yet complete and work continues. (Associated Press)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, makes his way back to his office after going into the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Dec. 31, 2012. Lawmakers on the Hill are attempting to avert the looming "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax increases and spending cuts. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** President Obama gestures as he speaks about the "fiscal cliff" on Dec. 31, 2012, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

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House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 31, 2012, as leaders in the Senate and the House face pressure to find a legislative path to head off the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts set to take effect Jan. 1. (Associated Press)

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Cleveland Browns head coach Pat Shurmur on the sideline during the second quarter of the Browns' 24-10 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Dec. 30, 2012, in Pittsburgh. (Associated Press)

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (third from left), Nevada Democrat, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, as fiscal cliff negotiations continued. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Bryson Jones (left) and Eric Alabiso (right), from Marine Corps Base Quantico, sport their teams' colors at FedEx Field, Landover, Md., Dec. 30, 2012. (Preston Keres/Special to The Washington Times)

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A seller at the Nation’s Gun Show holds a sign that alerts buyers that some of his merchandise was sold out on Sunday. Automatic and semi-automatic rifles were hot-ticket items at the three-day gun market, with prices being inflated to sometimes double the original rate. The show drew crowds of buyers and some protesters. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Customers look at handguns at the Trader Jerry's display at the Nation’s Gun Show at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly in this Dec. 30, 2012, file photo. Jerry Cochran of Trader Jerry’s said the driving force behind the outlet's record-breaking sales was the fear of any sort of ban on weapons. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)