10 things you need to know today: January 3, 2013

A new Congress takes over on Capitol Hill, Hillary Clinton leaves the hospital, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton participates in a press conference on Nov. 14 in Perth, Australia.
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1. NEW CONGRESS TAKES OVER WITH DIVISIVE ISSUES LOOMING

A new Congress officially takes office on Thursday, resuming bitter debates left pending by the widely criticized, outgoing 112th Congress. One of the first matters the House will tackle is a massive aid package for Superstorm Sandy victims. Elected officials from New York and New Jersey slammed House Speaker John Boehner for scrapping a vote to approve the $60 billion measure Tuesday following the vote on the deal averting the fiscal cliff. Republican Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey blamed the delay on "the toxic internal politics of the House majority." Boehner, after meeting with members of the New York and New Jersey delegations, said he would schedule a vote Friday to clear $9 billion for the national flood insurance program, with approval of the remaining $51 billion in aid coming on Jan. 15. [CNN]

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.