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laws going into effect in the Golden State this New Year. 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Congress passes bill to avert widespread tax increases due with 'fiscal cliff'</a></div> <p class="section"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/">Politics & Policy</a></p> <p class="leadin">The highlights of a bill Congress passed on New Year's intended to divert widespread tax increases and budget cuts that were to ...</p> <p class="read_more"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=49153">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="block" id="n-49134"> <div align="center" class="image-wrapper"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=49134"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115030317im_/http://images.catholic.org/ins_news/2012120021kid.jpg" alt="Fiscal cliff or not - $1 Trillion 'Obamacare' Tax Hike Hitting on Jan. 1" title="Read More"/></a></div> <div class="title"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=49134"><span class="labelRed">Watch</span>Fiscal cliff or not - $1 Trillion 'Obamacare' Tax Hike Hitting on Jan. 1</a></div> <p class="section"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/">Politics & Policy</a></p> <p class="leadin">Regardless of the outcome of fiscal cliff negotiations this coming New Year, Americans will be hit with a $1 trillion ...</p> <p class="read_more"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=49134">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="block" id="n-49133"> <div align="center" class="image-wrapper"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=49133"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115030317im_/http://images.catholic.org/ins_news/2012123351clinton.jpg" alt="Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hospitalized for blood clot" title="Read More"/></a></div> <div class="title"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=49133"><span class="labelRed">Watch</span>Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hospitalized for blood clot</a></div> <p class="section"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/">Politics & Policy</a></p> <p class="leadin">Secretary of state Hillary Clinton has been hospitalized for a blood clot that is believed to have been the result from a recently ...</p> <p class="read_more"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=49133">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="block" id="n-49126"> <div align="center" class="image-wrapper"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=49126"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115030317im_/http://images.catholic.org/ins_news/2012121146.jpg" alt="President launches study to stem U.S. gun violence" title="Read More"/></a></div> <div class="title"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=49126"><span class="labelRed">Watch</span>President launches study to stem U.S. gun violence</a></div> <p class="section"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/">Politics & Policy</a></p> <p class="leadin">The application of the Rights given under the Second Amendment has come under much public scrutiny following the massacre at the Sandy ...</p> <p class="read_more"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=49126">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="block" id="n-49121"> <div align="center" class="image-wrapper"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=49121"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115030317im_/http://images.catholic.org/ins_news/2012125712pumps.jpg" alt="California, New York lead 'blue states' in highest gas taxes" title="Read More"/></a></div> <div class="title"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=49121"><span class="labelRed">Watch</span>California, New York lead 'blue states' in highest gas taxes</a></div> <p class="section"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/">Politics & Policy</a></p> <p class="leadin">The top 10 states with the highest state taxes on a gallon of gasoline are blue states. 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class="read_more"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=49051">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="block" id="n-49029"> <div align="center" class="image-wrapper"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=49029"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115030317im_/http://images.catholic.org/ins_news/2012122159cliff.jpg" alt="U.S. House of Representatives scraps Republican bill" title="Read More"/></a></div> <div class="title"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=49029"><span class="labelRed">Watch</span>U.S. House of Representatives scraps Republican bill</a></div> <p class="section"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/">Politics & Policy</a></p> <p class="leadin">The U.S. House of Representatives has scrapped a Republican bill to avoid a year-end "fiscal cliff" that threatens to send ...</p> <p class="read_more"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=49029">Read More</a></p> </div> <div class="block" id="n-49027"> <div align="center" class="image-wrapper"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=49027"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115030317im_/http://images.catholic.org/ins_news/2012124507kerry.jpg" alt="President Obama nominates controversial John Kerry for Secretary of State" title="Read More"/></a></div> <div class="title"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=49027"><span class="labelRed">Watch</span>President Obama nominates controversial John Kerry for Secretary of State</a></div> <p class="section"><a href="/web/20130115030317/http://www.catholic.org/politics/">Politics & Policy</a></p> <p class="leadin">U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to nominate the controversial John Kerry for Secretary of State to replace departing Hillary ...</p> <p class="read_more"><a 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