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By Jennifer Steinhauer / The Bulletin
January 1, 2013
WASHINGTON — The confusing struggle to head off a national fiscal crisis has made one thing crystal clear: The era of the Big Deal is over.
Despite repeated, intense and personal efforts by President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner as well as bipartisan coalitions, gangs of senators,....