Senate OKs deal to avert 'fiscal cliff'; measure faces opposition from House conservatives

Legislation to negate a fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts to the Pentagon and other government agencies is headed to the GOP-dominated House after bipartisan, middle-of-the-night approval in the Senate capped a New Year's Eve drama unlike any other in the annals of Congress.

By The Associated Press

January 1, 2013