Morning Brief: Poll: Tennesseans happy with Gov. Bill Haslam, fiscal cliff talks show no progress

Regional wastewater proposal discussed in hearing—Nooga

Vanderbilt poll shows Tennesseans would have preferred state-run health care exchange—Nooga

Gov. Bill Haslam discusses exchange decision on Fox News—Nooga

Sen. Bob Corker introduces bill geared at future debt ceiling negotiations—Nooga

Sen. Lamar Alexander blasts Barack Obama over fiscal cliff, Michigan visit—Nooga

Andraé McGary to announce "future plans"—Nooga

Vanderbilt poll: Tennesseans happy with Gov. Bill Haslam—Tennessean

VU poll: Social issues matter more to Legislature than public—Nashville City Paper

Haslam defends state health insurance exchange decision—Daily News Journal

Public housing council created in Chattanooga—Times Free Press

McGary says he'll run again—Times Free Press

Democrats keep top leaders in place—WPLN

House Minority Leader Craig Fitzhugh ponders run in 2014 governor's race—Nashville City Paper

Fiscal cliff talks show no progress, hope dims for a deal before Christmas—Washington Post

Senators feel left out of debt talks—The Hill

John Boehner open to more revenues—Politico

Poll: Strike a cliff deal now—Wall Street Journal

Ben Bernanke pleads for cliff deal—Politico

Bernanke: Cliff already inflicting damage—The Hill

Jobless claims drop to 343,000—Wall Street Journal