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Obama Urges Congress To Use Holidays To ‘Cool Off’

by Tom Kludt

12.21.12 | 12:41 pm

President Obama on Friday evening said members of Congress should use the time off for the holidays to “cool off” and “drink some egg nog” before returning to Washington to hammer out a deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff.

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Tom Kludt Tom Kludt is a reporter for Talking Points Memo based in New York City, covering media and national affairs. Originally from South Dakota, Tom joined TPM as an intern in late-2011 and became a staff member during the 2012 election. He can be reached at tom@talkingpointsmemo.com.

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