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As ‘cliff’ nears, legislators playing the blame game

By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Posted: December 24, 2012 at 5:19 a.m.

Lawmakers bickered Sunday over who’s to blame for lurching the country toward a yearend “fiscal cliff,” bemoaning the lack of a deal days before the deadline but bridging no differences in the debate.

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