Senate OKs business tax breaks
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The Senate gave final approval yesterday to the most significant corporate tax legislation in nearly 20 years, sending President Bush a 650-page measure that closes egregious tax loopholes, reduces taxes for domestic producers, and doles out tax breaks for interests ranging from tackle box makers to native Alaskan whaling captains.
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The Senate shipped President Bush a wide-ranging &#36;136 billion corporate tax-cut bill and a disaster aid package on Monday, letting lawmakers head home for the finale of the presidential and congressional campaigns.
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The Senate today passed a far-reaching, $136 billion corporate tax package that cuts taxes for businesses ranging from film companies to bow-and-arrow makers while closing tax loopholes and bringing US exporters in line with
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The Senate passed an economic rescue plan Thursday that would speed $600 to $1,200 in rebates to most taxpayers and $300 checks to low-income people, including disabled veterans and the elderly.
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WASHINGTON - The Senate on Sunday removed the last major hurdle stalling passage of the most sweeping overhaul of corporate taxes in nearly two decades.    By a 66-14 vote, lawmakers agreed to end the delaying tactics used by opponents of the tax bill...
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The U.S. 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 U.S. export tax subsidies that violate global trade rules.
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The House, by a vote of 280 to 141, gave final approval last night to a far-reaching tax bill that provides a rich array of breaks to manufacturing companies, energy producers and small businesses and underwrites a $10 billion buyout of American tobacco
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The US Senate cleared the way for passage of a bill that would replace a tax break for exporters ruled illegal by the World Trade Organization with $145 billion in tax cuts and payments
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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 House of Representatives on  Friday approved legislation that extends popular tax breaks,  opens the Gulf of Mexico to new oil and gas drilling and  cancels a scheduled pay cut for doctors who treat the elderly  under Medicare.
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The Senate on Tuesday approved sweeping legislation to keep the government operating through September 2008 and handed President George W. Bush a victory by including additional Iraq war funds without conditions for ending the combat.
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President George Bush Friday, without ceremony, signed into law a $136 billion US corporate tax cut bill. The bill gives tax breaks to a range of businesses from farmers to Hollywood producers to large corporations.
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The Senate voted overwhelmingly today to increase the federal minimum wage for the first time in nearly a decade, but added tax breaks for small businesses that are unacceptable to House leaders, preventing Democrats from claiming a quick victory on one of their top legislative priorities.
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It's not like a business group to oppose the largest possible tax breaks for its members. But when it comes to sweetening a minimum wage bill with small business tax relief, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is backing a House proposal that is a fraction of the size of a tax package passed by the Senate.
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The House yesterday overwhelmingly approved a modest package of tax breaks for restaurants and small businesses, moving Congress one step closer to approving the first increase in the federal minimum wage in nearly a decade.
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WASHINGTON The US Senate has passed a far-reaching, 136 (b) billion dollar corporate tax package that includes a ten-point-one (b) billion dollar buyout for tobacco farmers.
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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.