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PBS NewsHour | Congress Returns to Washington to Aim For Balanced Budget | PBS

Duration: 10:58
Program: PBS NewsHour #10496
Broadcast Date: Nov. 13, 2012

With the ceremonial welcomes of newly-elected members of Congress, members of the House and Senate hope to find a solution to the avert the country from sequestration -- the triggered tax increases of $500 billion and spending cuts of $109 billion scheduled for January. Judy Woodruff talks to PRI's Todd Zwillich for more.

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