"fiscal Cliff" Efforts In Disarray As U.s. Lawmakers Flee

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Efforts to avoid the looming U.S. "fiscal cliff" were thrown into disarray on Friday with finger-pointing lawmakers fleeing Washington for Christmas vacations even as the year-end deadline for action edged ever closer.

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