The U.S. House of Representatives approved a deal late Tuesday to ease portions of the so-called "fiscal cliff," according to the Huffington Post.

How did our local representatives in Congress vote? Rep. Charles Bass, R-NH, voted in favor of it, while Rep. Frank Guinta, R-NH, voted against the measure.

The compromise was approved by the Senate at 2 a.m. Tuesday, and despite talk of rejecting it, the House ultimately passed the bill by a vote of 257 to 167.

Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, and Kelly Ayotte, R-NH, both supported the measure in the Senate.

"While the president was insistent on raising taxes, I voted to spare as many Americans as possible from getting hit by tax increases," Ayotte said in a statement released Tuesday. "Now it’s time for the president and Congress to cut spending and come up with real reforms to get us out of our crippling $16 trillion debt."