Update 11:15 p.m. - The Senate has approved the deal 89-8. The House vote, up next, will not occur tonight.
Update January 2, 2013: The House approved the Senate version Jan. 1 with no changes. The President later signed the measure into law.
December 31, 2012 (San Diego's East County) -- It's now past midnight in Washington D.C., where Senate leaders in both parties and President Obama have reached a tentative agreement on a deal to avert the worst of the "fiscal cliff" impacts. Though no vote was taken prior to the midnight year-end deadline, because tomorrow is a federal holiday, the worst of the impacts can yet be avoided if Congress takes action soon. However the measure is expected to face opposition in the House, which Republicans control.