Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., left, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., right, leave the Senate chamber as the leadership negotiates a solution to the " fiscal cliff," the automatic tax increases and deep spending cuts that could kick in Jan. 1., on Sunday at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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