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U.S. House Passes Budget Bill, Averts Most Tax Increases
The House of Representatives passed legislation averting income tax increases for most U.S. workers after Republicans abandoned their effort to attach spending cuts that would have been rejected by the Senate. The 257-167 bipartisan vote breaks a yearlong impasse over how to head off $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts set to begin taking effect today. The Senate passed the bill early this morning, 89-8, and it goes to President Barack Obama for his signature. To contact the reporter on this story: James Rowley in Washington at [email][email protected][/email] To contact the editor responsible for ... (full story)
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