Is the stage set for a "fiscal cliffhanger" in Washington?

Most of us can recall the 1993 thriller “Cliffhanger” starring Sylvester Stallone and John Lithgow. The movie was about a botched mid-air heist resulting in three suitcases full of cash ($100 million to be exact) being scattered high in the Rocky Mountains and the suspenseful search and rescue that ensued. Well at the end of this year, Washington is facing its own cliffhanger and the American people are anxiously waiting to see how the action thriller will end. This time $1.2 trillion could be at stake.

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