Senate passes corporate tax bill
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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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WASHINGTON - The Senate, in an unusual Sunday session, saw its effort to pass a sweeping corporate tax bill grind to a halt in the face of delaying tactics by a Louisiana senator upset that the measure did not include pay support for members of the Reserves and National Guard.    By a 66-14 vote, lawmakers did agree to limit debate on the tax bill, which provides $136 billion in new tax breaks for businesses and $10.1 billion separately to buy out tobacco farmers' government quotas...
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WASHINGTON -- The House last night passed a massive business-tax bill aimed at settling a trade dispute with the European Union and propping up domestic manufacturers.
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The Senate was poised today to vote on a bill that will provide $136 billion in new tax breaks for businesses and other groups and $10.
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WASHINGTON - The Senate late Sunday resolved a dispute delaying passage of a sweeping corporate tax bill and two spending bills for disaster relief and homeland security, clearing the way for senators to adjourn Monday to hit the campaign trail.    The agreement removed parliamentary roadblocks thrown up by Sen...
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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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Key provisions of the corporate tax bill pending before the Senate for a vote Monday on final approval. The cost estimates over 10 years come from the Joint Committee on Taxation:
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Congress gave final approval Monday to a 10-year, $136 billion package of business tax breaks that represents the biggest change in the corporate tax code in two decades
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Election year politics result in the passing of a multi-billion dollar tax cut package. The Senate overwhelmingly approved the measure 92-3 last night.
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Without fanfare, President George W. Bush signed into law on Friday a nearly $140 billion corporate tax cut bill derided by both Democratic presidential rival John Kerry and Republican Sen.
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The drive to pass a &#36;136 billion corporate tax bill hit a roadblock in the Senate on Friday when lawmakers upset about tobacco regulation, new overtime rules and combat pay employed delaying tactics to prevent a vote.
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WASHINGTON President Bush has signed into law the most sweeping rewrite of corporate tax law in nearly two decades. Bush signed the bill today with no fanfare, during a flight on Air Force One to a campaign stop in Pennsylvania.
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The 69-17 roll call by which the Senate voted Monday to approve a &#36;136 billion corporate tax bill.
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The Senate is expected to follow the lead of the House and pass a major overhaul of corporate tax law that would dole out &#36;136 billion in new tax breaks to a wide array of U.S. companies and provide a &#36;10.1 billion buyout for the nation's tobacco farmers.
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Without fanfare, President Bush  signed into law on Friday a nearly $140 billion corporate tax  cut bill derided by both Democratic presidential rival John  Kerry and Republican Sen. John McCain as a giveaway to special  interests.
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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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The US Senate, after a weekend of behind-the-scenes negotiations, struck a deal to allow passage of a sweeping bill to provide $136 billion (?110 billion) in corporate