




By DAVID ESPO and ALAN FRAM
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Maneuvered into a political corner, House Republicans abandoned demands for changes in emergency legislation to prevent widespread tax increases and painful across-the-board spending cuts and cleared the way for a final, climactic New Year's night vote.
The decision capped a day of
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New Year's Day for some city and county leaders is now synonymous with the Annual City Councilman Myron Lowery's Prayer Breakfast.
Lowery started the event 22 years ago to help bring politics and prayer together to fashion a better community.
The gathering of local politicians and the people in an atmosphere of
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