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President Barack Obama says Republicans have been captured by an ideology that tells them to say no to everything. He says they cling to a rigid theory that the only way to grow the economy is to dismantle the government. Obama says in the past that might have been an exaggeration, but not anymore. Obama is speaking at a fundraiser in New York City benefiting the Senate Democrats. He says the GOP’s main election strategy is to keep people from voting. …

The failure of Democrats and Republicans to break the impasse over the “fiscal cliff” is raising the possibility of Congress going beyond the year-end deadline to complete the work necessary to avert steep tax hikes and budget cuts that experts fear could push the nation into another recession. A top Democrat in the House of Representatives said if the two sides agreed in principle on a deal but ran out of time to draft and pass the legislation implementing it, Congress could pass a temporary measure and work out the details in the following weeks. Representative Steny Hoyer of Maryland,...