claim: says the new year’s day "fiscal cliff" deal "reduces the deficit."
author: sherrod brown
evidence_1: dec 31, 2012 ... senate approves 'fiscal cliff' deal; house meets new year's day ... the  republican leader of the u.s. house of representatives said on ... we will  continue to reduce the deficit through a combination of new spending cuts ...
evidence_2: jan 2, 2013 ... business leaders and deficit-reduction hawks say the "fiscal cliff" deal ... the deal  raises tax revenue by $620 billion over the next 10 years, mainly by ... to do  something big to reduce the deficit, reform our tax code and fix our ...
evidence_3: jan 1, 2013 ... fiscal cliff deal will add $4 trillion to us deficit, says cbo ... the senate passed  legislation early on new year's day to neutralise a fiscal cliff combination of ... we  will continue to reduce the deficit through a combination of new ...
evidence_4: the united states fiscal cliff was a situation that took place in january 2013 when  several previously-enacted laws came into effect simultaneously, increasing  taxes and decreasing spending. the bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, which had  been extended for two years ... u.s. president barack obama signed it into law  the next day.
evidence_5: jan 1, 2013 ... analysis: "fiscal cliff' deal called a dud on deficit front ... entire debate was a  professed desire to reduce swollen federal deficits. whether the target was $4  trillion over 10 years, as proposed by the bowles-simpson ... early on new year's  day to avoid the cliff's automatic steep tax hikes and across-the-board ...