House Bill Takes Bite Out of Tax

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WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats on Friday pushed through an $80 billion bill to block the spread of a dreaded tax on middle-income people. The White House and Republicans, protesting tax increases in the bill, maintained that it would never become law.

The 216-193 vote to "patch" the alternative minimum tax for a year sends the issue to the Senate, where its prospects are at best uncertain. Not one House Republican voted for it.

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House Bill Takes Bite Out of Tax

What is certain is that if Congress and the White House do not reach a compromise by...

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