East at suddenly road. Also looking great at spout run parkway. Its about a 12minute ride on eastbound 66 from the Fairfax County parkway to the beltway at 55 miles an hour. A deal is in place. The house voted in favor of a measure late last night. Taxes will not be going up for 98 of americans. Were talking tax hikes for some and still a lot of unanswered questions, especially when it comes to spending. Those making more than 400,000 a year and households pulling in more than 450,000 will see a 15 to 20 tax increase. As for the income tax cuts for everyone else, those will continue. The bill extends jobless benefits for the longterm unemployed for another year impacting an estimated 2 million americans. 109 billion worth of across the board cuts to domestic and defense budgets, theres still a sticking point. The deal delays pending cuts to the pentagon for another two months kicking the issue of sequestration down the road. Its not a perfect bill but the timing was crucial as a new co
Republicans in the house decided not to amend the senate bill which would have made it impossible to get a deal done. It means the top earning americans will pay higher taxes. Everyone else, taxes stay the same. Steve handelsman has the the latest. Reporter the vote continues in the house. By at least 40 votes, the fiscal cliff fix put together by president obama with Senate Republicans has passed the house. Where conservatives figured they had to go along or get blamed for taking us off the cliff and keeping us there. But first, they fought back. It was a struggle between Speaker John Boehner and more conservative republicans like paul ryan, and the House Republican leader who walked with the speaker but this morning opposed the fiscal cliff deal that boehner tonight would allow to pass the house. It is passed. Reporter the Senate Passed it this morning 898. Democrats and republicans cooperating to. Reverse the tax hikes on 98 of americans that took effect at the midnight fiscal cliff
Of West Virginia, western maryland, many locations at or below freezing. Theyve had a few sprinkles, little flurry activity. Temperatures in the mid 30s. Reagan national at 6 00 a. M. , 36 degrees. Heres how we look for the day. By 7 00 a. M. , its going to be dropping a bit. In fact, hovering around the freezing mark. A lot of cloudiness. After that, we ought to get the cloud cover breaking up and partly sunny. For the rest of the Daylight Hours, it will stay in the 30s. Only make it briefly into the upper 30s by early to mid afternoon. The students and teachers heading off to school this morning, sunrise at 7 27. Well have our temperatures right back down to the mid 30s. Getting back home from work and school by mid to late afternoon. Sunset at 4 58. Im ba being in ten minutes with a hometown forecast. A look at your traffic on this wednesday morning. Mike in for danella. Good morning, mike. Good morning, tom. We still have that problem on the eastbound dulles toll road at wolf trap.
Deal did not include spending cuts, and lawmakers will soon be fighting over the debt again. Reporter president obama landed in hawaii this morning to resume his holiday vacation. He left washington late last night after lawmakers approved a bill that prevents a middle class tax hike and delays automatic spending cuts. Congress and the white house struggled to get the deal done, and neither republicans or democrats seem pleased with the outcome. Someone stop hitting you in the head with a hammer and youre supposed to say thank you so much for the relief. Reporter many voters are upset it took lawmakers so long to reach a compromise. I think we needed a deal. Im not necessarily all together happy. Reporter the measure raises taxes on families making more than 450,000 a year and extends longterm jobless benefits for a year. But the package does not include spending cuts as many republicans voted against it. I would like to be speaking for this bill but i cant. Reporter congress steered a
Right now. Straight up 6 00 right now. Here is a live look outside. Well take a live look at the u. S. Capitol dome where lots of wheeling and dealing has been going on, finally a compromise reached on the fiscal cliff deal, but, of course, our troubles are far from over. Well be continuing to follow that story coming up. Good morning, everyone, it is wednesday, january 2nd, 2013. Im sarah simmons. Im wisdom martin. Lets get right over to whats happening outside in the weather world. And for that we say hello once again to Tucker Barnes. Hi. Good morning. Good morning. Everybody headed back to work and school, at least parts of the area. Get the seat warmers going. Get the seat warmers going. 30s to start your day. Heres a big change from yesterday. Well have more sunshine than weve seen in the last couple of days. So it should be fairly nice looking out the window. Still on the cold side. Highs only about 40, maybe 42. Lets go right to radar. Weve had a few light showers and sprinkles