Racing Hill Recess, Tax  Deal Moves Toward Votes
629871
Congressional negotiators agreed yesterday on a $50 billion tax-and-trade package that would preserve a number of popular tax breaks for millions of families and businesses, normalize trade relations with Vietnam and expand offshore oil drilling.
111965
A contentious measure to gradually move up the time property owners pay their county property taxes will get a second chance this week in the Michigan House.
683879
House Democratic and Republican leaders appeared close to agreement with the White House Wednesday night on a significantly reworked package of emergency tax cuts to jolt the economy out of its slump.
768624
By The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Mar. 13--Virginia's political hierarchy is on the last leg of a relay race to create an overdue fix of the state's transportation system.
283685
WASHINGTON - Republicans and Democrats made little headway in their efforts to build up a meaningful majority in Tuesday&#39;s battles over 34 Senate seats.
665204
By The Salt Lake Tribune  Dec. 19--The battleground has moved off Capitol Hill to Salt Lake  County's government center, but the war pitting rail against roads seems about  to escalate.
572189
Res Publica continued to juggle the possible postponing of its promised income-tax cut last week with a potential and perhaps much-needed merger with the Reform Party.
428167
The New York Racing Association, whose franchise to operate the stateâs racetracks expires on Monday, has agreed to a deal to avoid interruption in racing for the next few weeks, officials said.
132403
AS THE Legislature and Governor Deval Patrick gear up for what is likely to be a heated budget battle, much of the focus will be on closing corporate tax "loopholes." They hope to find middle ground through an appointed commission that will study the state's corporate tax code. As the debate continues, they should also take a look at funding ...
81936
The state is going ahead with its primary on Jan. 5, despite a penalty by the Republican National Committee that will strip it of half its delegates
120987
Republican presidential rivals backed a blend of tax and spending cuts Thursday night to head off an election-year recession they generally agreed is avoidable. "We should reduce taxes on middle-income Americans immediately," former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said in a debate in the run-up to presidential primaries in Michigan and South Carolina, two states where unemployment exceeds the national average.
377377
House-Senate negotiators late Wednesday approved extending three popular middle class tax cuts and Republicans, anxious to get the bill to President Bush, predicted swift passage in both chambers of Congress. The conference panel approved the bill after overriding objections from Democrats who said the tax cuts should be paid for by tax increases in other areas, limiting its impact on the government soaring budget deficit.
526192
Republican leaders, eager to deliver a pre-election victory to President Bush, moved closer to agreement Monday night on legislation needed to extend three popular middle-class tax cuts that are set to expire this year.
157717
WASHINGTON - The Senate, after a weekend of behind-the-scenes negotiations, struck a deal to allow passage of a sweeping corporate tax bill and spending measures for disaster relief and homeland security.    The agreement clears the way for the Senate to adjourn on Monday and hit the campaign trail following the lead of the House, which left town on Saturday until after the Nov...
599791
Congress is now poised to hand President Bush an election-year tax cut victory after Senate and House of Representatives negotiators on Wednesday night agreed to extend popular tax breaks for children and couples for five years.
567201
The looming political battle over how to reform the tangled U.S. income tax code could get ugly. But one option, a tax aimed at boosting savings, holds promise.
13284
A possible unification of the United States' two open-wheel auto racing series is still on track, with both sides saying yesterday that progress is being made.