Fiscal cliff deal also included plenty of perks for special interests

Here's something else you can blame on Congress -- online spending was up 14 percent this holiday season, falling short of expectations.

As part of their last-second deal to slam the brakes on an economy racing toward the so-called fiscal cliff, lawmakers gave the green light this week to extending dozens of business and industry tax breaks, like a cost-recovery program that will save

More disputes, and more disruptive ones to the economy, loom despite the fiscal-cliff settlement, an economist writes.

Those hunting for a bit of good news in the fiscal cliff deal can look to a provision repealing a long-term care program attached to ObamaCare. When the.

Washington (CNN) -- So I remember thinking, when Congress and President Obama concocted the supercommittee on the deficit -- and the fiscal cliff as a last resort if all else failed -- that it was a generally boneheaded, albeit necessary, idea