URGENT - Senate-Fiscal-Cliff

Published On: Dec 30 2012 05:17:44 PM CST

(CNN) -- Republicans and Democrats remain a "significant distance" apart in talks to avert a year-end combination of spending cuts and tax increases that could trigger a new recession, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Sunday.

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