Congress Passes $145 Bln Tax Cut, Ends Export Subsidy
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The US Congress approved a $145 billion bill providing new corporate tax breaks and a buyout for tobacco farmers as part of legislation that eliminates an export tax credit ruled illegal by the World Trade Organization.
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The European Union will lift sanctions on US imports after President George W. Bush signed a law replacing an illegal export tax subsidy with a $145 billion package of new corporate tax cuts and a buyout for tobacco farmers.
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The US House of Representatives on Saturday approved a final US$422 billion ($631.64 billion) bill for defence programmes that backs next year&#39;s round of military base closings and kills a proposed US$23.
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A bill that would end a nasty trade war with Europe and shower more than &#36;140 billion in tax breaks on American companies is nearing congressional approval.
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WASHINGTON -- Congress Monday approved a $136 billion in new corporate tax breaks and a buyout for tobacco farmers as part of legislation that eliminates an export tax credit ruled illegal by the World Trade Organization.
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The US Senate on Monday gave final approval to a sweeping corporate tax-break bill, the culmination of a two-year effort in Congress to end a trade dispute with the European Union over US export tax subsidies.
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Tucked into that $136 billion in corporate tax breaks President Bush just signed was the point of the bill: Lifting a $5 billion annual export subsidy the World Trade Organization had ruled illegal.
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The US Senate easily gave final congressional approval on Monday to a huge corporate tax bill that aims to end a trade fight with the European Union by repealing US export
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WASHINGTON A corporate tax bill that would end a trade war with Europe and shower more than 140 (b) billion dollars in tax breaks on American companies is nearing congressional approval.
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WASHINGTON In an act of pre-election largess, US House and Senate negotiators have approved a sprawling corporate tax bill that would shower corporations and farmers in politically sensitive states with about $145-billion worth of new tax cuts.
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Lawmakers approved the measure by a bipartisan 344-51 margin on what might be the last day of their postelection session. Though not in doubt, passage was taking longer in the Senate.
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The House on Thursday passed a &#36;145.9 billion package of tax relief to extend three popular middle-class tax cuts, giving President Bush his fourth major tax victory since taking office.
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Congress gave final approval Monday to legislation that could save Washington residents roughly $500 annually on their federal tax returns by making state sales taxes deductible again after 18 years.
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The House last night passed a sweeping rewrite of corporate tax law, a measure designed to end a trade war with Europe and shower $136 billion in new tax breaks on businesses, farmers, and other groups.
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A provision in the tax bill that Congress passed last week would reduce taxes at two military contractors by nearly $500 million over 10 years.
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Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., ended her stalling tactics on a corporate tax bill Monday after Senate leaders agreed to pass a modified version of her proposal to give tax breaks
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The Congress passed a nearly $152  billion plan to stave off an election-year recession by sending  government rebate checks to millions of Americans and providing  business tax incentives to boost spending.