The new Congress: Nine things to know

November 07, 2012 at 07:41 AM
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The list of House and Senate committee leaders will be similar, Donnelly of Indiana and Warren of Massachusetts could be stars in the Senate, and the filibuster will still be around. The fiscal cliff will be getting closer, but a columnist predicts that lawmakers will find a way to bridge the fiscal cliff "with Kleenex and duct tape and chicken wire, at least past the inauguration."