Key Players in the Fiscal Cliff Talks -- PICTURES
Updated: November 26, 2012 | 3:47 p.m.
November 26, 2012 | 3:22 p.m.
While there are hundreds of members of Congress who will play at least some role in trying to head off the fiscal cliff, there are just a few key players, including President Obama, who will be deciding how the fiscal cliff can be avoided.
Below are a few of those key players (for more details about each person, see "Fiscal Cliff to be Decided by a Few Key Players.")
President Obama (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Vice President Biden (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew (Chet Susslin)
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. (UPI/Kevin Dietsch)
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Rep. David Camp, R-Mich. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. (Richard A. Bloom)
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