BuzzFeed: fiscal cliff Buzz

21 Things Made Out Of Cold, Hard Cash

There’s a fiscal crisis looming, you say? No bother. These things are LITERALLY made of money.

Marcelle Friedman 3 months ago 35 responses

Obama To Ask Congress To Avert Sequester With Short-Term Agreement

Wants tens of billions of dollars in spending cuts and revenue increases.

Zeke Miller 3 months ago respond

Obama: Gays Should Be Allowed In Scouts

Before the Super Bowl, Obama says he won’t push for another increase to tax rates.

Zeke Miller 3 months ago 46 responses

How Congress Can Turn Things Around In 11 Easy Steps

Can the 113th U.S. congress win back the hearts of America? Probably not, but here’s how our lawmakers can become a little more popular than head lice.

Dorsey Shaw 4 months ago 12 responses

Foreign Newspapers Welcome Fiscal Cliff Deal

The world joined the United States in relief a deal had been reached. [Ed. note: Some of these translations may not be exact.]

Andrew Kaczynski 4 months ago respond

Top Democrat Struggles To Explain Why Her Party Suddenly Supports Bush Tax Cuts

Debbie Wasserman-Schultz says the tax cuts, which the Joint Committee on Taxation says will increase the deficit by $750 billion over the next decade, are paid for.

Zeke Miller 4 months ago 1 response

Obama: I Won’t Negotiate Over The Debt Ceiling

A victory lap around the fiscal cliff. Obama draws line in the sand for future deficit reduction talks.

Zeke Miller 4 months ago 5 responses

Republicans Prepare To Vote On Fiscal Deal

Speaker John Boehner puts down a conservative rebellion. An almost unheard of moment in the House: Republicans will rely on Democrats to make a deal.

John Stanton 4 months ago 13 responses

Senate Approves Fiscal Cliff Compromise

Concessions for Republicans and Democrats alike. Now to the House.

Rebecca Berg 4 months ago 3 responses

Senate Democrats Begrudgingly Accept Fiscal Cliff Compromise

Biden seals the deal. With his former colleagues in the Senate, anyway.

Rebecca Berg 4 months ago 3 responses

The 13 Best Memes Of The Fiscal Cliff

The internet did its best with the Congressional deadlock story that no one likes to read about. And off the cliff we go!

Ruby Cramer 4 months ago 62 responses

13 People Who Are Still Confused About The Fiscal Cliff

On the last day before the tax hikes and spending cuts are scheduled to take effect.

Rebecca Berg 4 months ago 3 responses

We Have A Deal (Maybe) (Sort Of)

Tax rates go up, and spending down, at midnight. And then Congress gets to congratulate itself on voting for tax cuts.

Rebecca Berg 4 months ago 2 responses

Obama: Fiscal Cliff Deal Is Close, “But It’s Not Done”

“Keep the pressure on — and let’s see if we can get this thing done,” Obama says.

Zeke Miller 4 months ago respond

Congress Will Manage To Avert "Dairy Cliff"

A farm bill extension will be part of a Reid-McConnell agreement. If there is one.

Rebecca Berg 4 months ago respond

Congress Stumbles Toward Fiscal Cliff’s Edge

Private talks, public chaos. This may be the worst Congress of the modern era, but they do know how to drag a fight out as long as humanly possible.

John Stanton 4 months ago 3 responses

Environmentalists Try To Make “Climate Cliff” A Thing

The goal: “Win the Twitter war on the climate cliff versus the fiscal cliff,” says Johnson. It hasn’t quite caught on.

Ruby Cramer 4 months ago 6 responses

The Strange 46-Year History Of The Term "Fiscal Cliff"

The phrase isn’t new. Here’s how it traveled from speculation about a western movie in 1966 to become shorthand for Washington’s current budget crisis.

Ruby Cramer 4 months ago respond