Biden Basks in Glow of Successful Fiscal Cliff Negotiations

For Vice President Biden, the end of 2012 and beginning of 2013 was a chance for him to ride to the rescue again by using his 36 year career in the Senate and relationships on both sides of the aisle to broker a deal to avert the fiscal cliff. As the progress to reach a deal stalled in the Senate with just over 24 hours until the deadline, the vice president was called in to lend a hand in helping "jump start the negotiations," as described by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. And...Full Story