The fiscal cliff deal reached over the New Year's holiday in Washington wasn't the political grand bargain envisioned just after the November elections. In fact, it was more of a stopgap measure that kept federal income tax hikes from falling on middle-class taxpayers and which called a two-month timeout on automatic spending cuts.
Still to come: Debate over across-the-board federal spending cuts that were slated to take place Jan. 1, a decision on whether to raise the nation's debt limit, pursuit of comprehensive tax reform and hard questions about how to pay for major entitlement programs such as Medicare.
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