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Halfway home: Senate sends tax-rate bill to House (AP)

12:27am GMT, Thursday, 16 December 2010

US Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to the media on Capitol Hill December 14, 2010 in Washington, DC. Democratics in the House of Representatives were still mulling an attempt to toughen Obama's tax bill's inheritance provisions, defying Republican warnings that this could scuttle the overall deal.(AFP/Getty Images/Alex Wong)AP - In a reach across party lines, the Senate overwhelmingly passed sweeping legislation Wednesday to prevent a Jan. 1 income tax increase for millions and to renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed. A House vote is expected by Thursday.



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