Members of Congress are about to flee Capitol Hill, and they'll be gone until Nov. 13, one week after Election Day. As they shift to full-time campaigning, lawmakers are leaving behind many questions ...

The latest trend in Fiscal Cliff analysis is to point out that it's not actually a cliff at all.* Some say it's really a slope or even a staircase. Obstacle course might be more accurate, but that ...

Timeframe: Now through mid-to-late December, according to NBC News' First Read, which insists that Washington always waits till right before deadline. What to expect: Campaign-style speeches, floating ...

WASHINGTON — A Capitol Hill deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" was proving elusive Sunday as a deadline to avert tax hikes on virtually every American worker and block sweeping spending cuts set to ...

NEW YORK — Two key senators told the financial community on Tuesday that the industry's engagement is critical if the country is to avoid the "fiscal cliff," a series of automatic tax hikes and ...

And I'm Renee Montagne. Four more days: That's how long Congress has to head off a calamity largely of its own making. If lawmakers do nothing, taxes jump next month for everyone earning a wage. At ...

Adam Patti is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of IndexIQ, a New York-based ETF issuer behind several of the most innovative ETF products to hit the market in recent years. He recently took ...

Arianne Lotti is the Assistant Policy Director for the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. She explains what happened to the proposed 2012 Farm Bill during the Fiscal Cliff negotiations late ...

{mosads}During his two terms, former-President Clinton reduced federal spending from about 22 percent of GDP to about 18 percent of GDP. Clinton, and the Republican Congress, agreed on a number of ...

The fiscal cliff negotiations have the feel of a major sporting event. The media largely describe the cliff as a two-party conflict, with each side having a fighter in the ring. What House Speaker ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. President Obama and Congressional leaders got another peek ...