Bill Daley
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill.-- Politics has long been a family business in Illinois, a place where who you know _ and who you're related to _ matters more than most. Though the election is a year away, the possible candidates include both a Daley and a Madigan _ two surnames that represent the royal families of Illinois politics, the local equivalent of the Kennedys or Bushes.
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The plan emerges as the White House and Republicans remain at loggerheads over averting some $600 billion in tax hikes and federal s p ending cuts set to start taking effect early in 2013 known as the "fiscal cliff."