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The lame-duck Congress has just weeks to jump to the rescue of an economy moving closer and closer to the so-called fiscal cliff — a $600 billion cluster of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes due to hit at year's end.

The U.S. Senate is also expected to break a record: At least 19 female senators will serve this term — the most in history.

Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic pollster Celinda Lake and Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway about the election results and the role of female voters and other demographics.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent word welcoming President Obama's re-election. But the Russian government and state-run media sought to discredit the American electoral process.

President Obama won re-election by largely maintaining — and in some cases expanding — support from two key demographics: African-American and Latino voters. For more on these demographics, Renee Montagne and Steve Inskeep speak with Gabriel Sanchez of Latino Decisions and Jason Johnson of The Source.

Renee Montagne and Steve Inskeep talk about the election with liberal columnist Jonathan Chait of New York Magazine and conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online. Chait has said Republicans lost not just an election but a four-year gamble.

Hear an excerpt of MacArthur "genius" cellist Alisa Weilerstein's excellent pairing of the Elgar Cello Concerto — recorded with Daniel Barenboim, whose late wife Jacqueline Du Pre's name was synonymous with this piece— and the cello concerto by Elliott Carter, who died yesterday at 103.

A map and key of NPR's Election Night 2012 team working out of Studio 4A, our storied command center at NPR Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Maine and Maryland are the first states to approve marriage rights for same-sex couples by popular vote. Voters in Colorado and Washington state pass measures legalizing marijuana usage for any purpose, while a similar proposal is rejected in Oregon.

President Obama has been re-elected. Democrats and Republicans have maintained their respective majorities in the Senate and in the House. So does this mean there will be more partisan gridlock? Fresh Air talks with political analyst Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute.