Late last night the House of Representatives passed the Senate’s final version of the deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. Incredibly, we’ve reached the point where getting House Republicans to actually do their damn job almost looks like a victory. After behaving like petulant, tea partying children to keep the legislation from passing just to avoid a small tax hike on the wealthiest folks in the US, they actually cast votes on a compromise – you know, their job as members of Congress.

Of course, House Republicans still managed to be total asses and stop a vote on Hurricane Sandy relief. Seriously.

While the fiscal cliff vote happened, that doesn’t mean it was a win for those of us struggling ...