Reality Check: Fiscal cliff negotiations could limit charitable deductions?

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Reality Check: Fiscal cliff negotiations could limit charitable deductions?

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Part of the debate over the fiscal cliff could have a big effect on non-profit organizations around the country.

The Obama Administration is reportedly pressuring non-profit leaders to get behind the President's call for higher tax rates on those who make over $250,000 a year.

But it may be a harder sell than the administration had thought?

Tonight we investigate what is at stake in Reality Check.

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