we were about to go off the fiscal cliff until, dun, dun, dun, we got an 11th hour deal. actually, with the fiscal cliff we got kind of a 13th hour deal because technically they did go over the cliff and then after they fell they kind of reached back up and found a low-hanging branch that was hanging off 9 end of the cliff and they grabbed the branch and they were able to pull themselves back up over the cliff. they really do keep creating these cliffs and brinks and crises and then veering to safety right at the last minute, or right after the last minute in the case of the cliff. so understandably, we done panic as much anymore now when they tell us it is a new crisis. everybody just counts on them fixing it at the last minute somehow. can we count on them doing that again? the senate today voted on both a republican plan to not do this thing. that failed 38-62. then the senate voted on a democratic plan to not do this thing. and that one actually got a majority. it got 51...

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