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Friday, December 21, 2012

December 21, 2012 - Morning Headlines

- Speaker of the House John Boehner's "Plan B" Fiscal Cliff proposal did not come up for a vote in the House. This plan would have extended the Bush Era Tax Cuts for those making < $1,000,000 without addressing spending. It was a stopgap measure to ensure tax rates did not increase on most Americans (CNN): http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/20/politics/fiscal-cliff/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

- One of the two bank robbers that repelled down from twenty stories up in a federal jail in Chicago has been caught. Jose Banks was apprehended without incident in Chicago. The other escapee, Kenneth Conley, remains at large (CBS News): http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57560398/bank-robber-from-daring-chicago-jail-escape-caught-after-manhunt/

- President Obama, in a video clip on the White House petitions website, tells gun control petitioners, "we hear you" (USA Today): http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2012/12/21/obama-newtown-gun-control-white-house-petitioners/1783861/

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