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| Chavez aware his condition complicated: Vice President Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 07:35 PM PST  CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is aware that his condition is complicated following a fourth cancer operation in Cuba, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday, as the OPEC nation watches for clues to the socialist leader's health. Maduro said he was returning to Venezuela after spending several days alongside Chavez and members of the president's family. That may help squelch rumors his visit was a sign that the former soldier was near death. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Fiscal cliff" crisis heads to resolution in Congress Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 07:00 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A months-long battle over the U.S. "fiscal cliff" headed to a close on Tuesday as the House of Representatives moved toward final approval of a bipartisan deal meant to prevent Washington from pushing the world's biggest economy into recession. The Republican-controlled House was expected to back a tax hike on the top U.S. earners shortly before midnight on Tuesday, ending weeks of high-stakes budget brinkmanship that threatened to spook consumers and throw financial markets into turmoil. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Fiscal cliff" bill sails through House test vote Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 06:50 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to avert the U.S. "fiscal cliff" by canceling most scheduled tax hikes and delaying spending cuts cleared a procedural vote in the U.S. House of Representatives by an overwhelming margin, indicating strong support for final passage in a vote expected later on Tuesday. The House voted 408-10 to approve a rule allowing for consideration of the fiscal cliff bill that was passed by the Senate early on Tuesday. (Reporting by David Lawder; Editing by Peter Cooney) Full Story | Top |
| Top House Republican predicts final passage of "fiscal cliff" bill Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 05:44 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives said he expected the chamber to give final approval on Tuesday night to the Senate-passed "fiscal cliff" bill. Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier made the prediction in a brief interview with Reuters after his panel cleared the way for the measure to be brought to the House floor. Dreier said he expected it to pass with bipartisan support, but declined to guess how many Republicans would back it, other than to say, "Quite a few." (Reporting By Thomas Ferraro; Editing by Peter Cooney) Full Story | Top |
| Analysis: "Fiscal cliff" deal called a dud on deficit front Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 04:05 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the controversy surrounding the "fiscal cliff" issue, it's easy to forget that the origin of the entire debate was a professed desire to reduce swollen federal deficits. Whether the target was $4 trillion over 10 years, as proposed by the Bowles-Simpson deficit reduction commission, or in the $2 trillion range, as tossed around by House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama, the idea was to rein in total debt that now tops $16 trillion. By those standards, the bill passed by the U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| More evidence for "obesity paradox" Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 03:12 PM PST  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a review of almost 100 past studies covering nearly three million people, researchers found that being overweight or slightly obese was linked to about a 6 percent lower risk of dying, compared to people considered "normal weight." Being severely obese, however, was still tied to an almost 30 percent higher risk of death. The idea that being somewhat overweight could be linked to better health has been dubbed the obesity paradox, even though actual obesity is generally not associated with the apparent "benefit. ... Full Story | Top |
| Gambian leader says to build herbal AIDS-cure hospital Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 03:03 PM PST  BANJUL (Reuters) - AIDS patients would be offered an herbal cure at a 1,111-bed hospital in Gambia that the president said on Tuesday he plans to build despite medical concerns the treatment is dangerous. President Yahya Jammeh said in 2007 he had found a remedy of boiled herbs to cure AIDS, stirring anger among Western medical experts who claimed he was giving false hope to the sick. ... Full Story | Top |
| House Republicans balk at "fiscal cliff" deal Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 02:49 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last-minute efforts to step back from the "fiscal cliff" ran into trouble on Tuesday as Republicans in the House of Representatives balked at a deal that would prevent Washington from pushing the world's biggest economy into a recession. House Republicans complained that a bill passed by the Senate in a late-night show of unity to prevent a budget crisis contained tax hikes for the wealthiest Americans but no spending cuts. Some conservatives sought to change the bill to add cuts. ... Full Story | Top |
| House Republicans meeting to mull "fiscal cliff" options: aide Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 02:39 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives are meeting to consider how to move forward with the Senate's plan to avert the "fiscal cliff" of tax hikes and spending cuts, a congressional aide said on Tuesday. The 5:15 p.m. (2215 GMT) meeting was called about two hours after a number of House Republicans panned a Senate bill that would raise taxes on household incomes over $450,000 a year. It was unclear whether Republican leaders had made a decision on how to proceed with the Senate bill. (Reporting by Rachelle Younglai; Editing by Peter Cooney) Full Story | Top |
| Senate's "fiscal cliff" bill adds $4 trillion to deficits: CBO Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 02:10 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday said Senate-passed legislation to avert the "fiscal cliff" would add nearly $4 trillion to federal deficits over a decade, largely because it would extend low tax rates for almost all Americans. The congressional scorekeeper's analysis was released as a number of Republicans in the House of Representatives voiced opposition to the bill, and considered amending it with deeper spending cuts. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and others complained the bill's spending cuts would do little to curb trillion-dollar deficits. ... Full Story | Top |
| Senate's "fiscal cliff" bill packed with sweeteners Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 01:37 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate packed an eclectic mix of handouts and takebacks into its last-minute deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff," including a measure to repeal part of President Barack Obama's signature healthcare overhaul and a string of special interest tax breaks. At the center of the 157-page bill adopted early Tuesday are provisions to raise taxes on the wealthiest households and to make permanent Bush-era tax cuts for the middle class. The bill now goes to the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. ... Full Story | Top |
| Biden will discuss "fiscal cliff" deal with House Democrats Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 08:25 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden will meet with fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives on Tuesday to discuss the "fiscal cliff" deal that he forged with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, a Democratic aide said. The meeting is to be held at the Capitol at 12:15 p.m. ET (1715 GMT). Biden needed to help sell Senate Democrats on the deal before they joined Republicans at about 2 a.m. ET (0700 GMT) in approving the measure. The Republican-led House may vote on the bill as early as later in the day. (Reporting By Thomas Ferraro; Editing by Vicki Allen) Full Story | Top |
| Mood drug no help for smoking cessation in prison study Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 08:24 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The addition of the antidepressant nortriptyline to conventional smoking cessation therapy didn't improve the chances of longterm success among male prisoners, Australian researchers have found. Depression and other mental illnesses raise the likelihood of smoking, and quitting can depress a person's mood - which in turn can make it harder to quit. Studies have shown that antidepressants, including nortriptyline, can improve the success of smoking cessation efforts. ... Full Story | Top |
| No decision when House will vote on fiscal cliff bill: Cantor Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 08:10 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican leader of the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday no decision has been made on when his chamber will vote on the Senate-passed "fiscal cliff" bill. "We have not made a decision yet," House Republican Leader Eric Cantor told Reuters at the U.S. Capitol. Cantor said such a decision would be made soon, however. It could come as early as later in the day. The House was to reconvene at noon ET/1700 GMT. (Reporting By Thomas Ferraro; Editing by Bill Trott) (This story was corrected to drop reference to Cantor emerging from Boehner office) Full Story | Top |
| House Republicans should accept Senate "cliff" deal: Tom Cole Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 07:54 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Representative Tom Cole said his colleagues in the House of Representatives should vote on Tuesday on the "fiscal cliff" deal passed by the Senate, without adding amendments. ""We ought to take this deal right now, and we'll live to fight another day, and it's coming very soon on the spending cut," Cole said on MSNBC. "We know the essential details and I think putting to bed this thing before the markets is really a pretty important thing to do." (Reporting By Karey Wutkowski) Full Story | Top |
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