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House Votes to Approve Senate Bill Averting Fiscal Cliff

By: Staff, NBC News
Updated: January 2, 2013
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The House voted to pass a last-ditch Senate compromise to avert the feared fiscal cliff. The bill now heads to the president's desk for his signature.
Th final vote was 257-167. 
The legislation takes steps toward resolving the combination of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts that took effect at midnight on Jan. 1. It preserves tax rates as they were at the end of 2012, except for those individuals earning more than $400,000 and households earning over $450,000. It also allows taxes on capital gains and dividends to go up, and extends benefits of the unemployed. Additionally, the Senate bill delays the onset of the "sequester" -- the swift, automatic spending cuts -- for two months.

Here are how members of Congress from Louisiana and Arkansas voted:

Yes votes:
Rep. Rodney Alexander (LA)
Rep. Cedric Richmond (LA)
Rep. Mike Ross (AR)
Rep. Steve Womack (AR)

No votes:
Rep. William Cassidy (LA)
Rep. Steve Scalise (LA) 
Rep. Charles Boustany (LA)
Rep. John Fleming (LA)
Rep. Jeffrey Landry (LA) 
Rep. Rick Crawford (AR)
Rep. Tim Griffin (AR)

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