On Partisan Politics, Fiscal Cliff, Sandy Recovery

Connecticut Public Radio

Published January 4, 2013 at 11:46 AM EST

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Sometime today, the US House of Representatives may vote on an aid package to help victims of Superstorm Sandy. That 9 billion dollar aid package is only about $51 billion smaller than the Senate bill that House speaker John Boehner walked away from without taking a vote.

Meanwhile, the congress has put a band aid on the tax issue that was taking us over the fiscal cliff. The deal will keep taxes from going up for most Americans - but kicks down the road spending cuts.

And this is all happening as a new congress takes over. We’ll hear from the newest Senator Chris Murphy - Congressman Jim Himes, reporter Anna Sale and our favorite analyst Bill Curry.

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