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Remember the ones that will be surviving, not celebrating tonight.
Add: This time of year the donations slow. Add to that the effects of the Cliff,f if no bill is signed, will be felt hard.
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Homeless boy share his food with the dog
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From http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Politics/things-happen-cliff/story?id=18100792#.UOI6obTn_IU
4. Spending cuts: More than $100 billion in spending cuts will go into effect at the beginning of January if no deal is reached. The cuts impact federal programs across the board, but about half come from national defense programs. The fiscal year starts Oct.1, meaning we're a quarter of the way through fiscal year 2013. The cuts will have to come from the remaining nine months of fiscal year 2013.
