Kathleen Hunter and Heidi Przybyla, Bloomberg

• Reid Hopes for Last-Minute Budget Deal

  By Kathleen Hunter and Heidi Przybyla, Bloomberg  |  December 31, 2012

  Biggest sticking point said to be how to deal with more than $600 billion in automatic spending cuts.

• Senators Step Up Deficit Efforts

  By Kathleen Hunter and Heidi Przybyla, Bloomberg  |  June 8, 2012

  Group of lawmakers works to avoid year-end fiscal cliff.