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WASHINGTON - Rejected by voters and limping off stage, the Republican-led House on Friday passed a sweeping bill reviving expired tax breaks and protecting doctors from a big cut in Medicare payments.
But they dumped an unfinished budget on the Democrats about to take power, passing by a 320-70 vote a stopgap spending bill putting the government on autopilot until Feb. 15. The Senate planned a pre-midnight vote to avoid a government shutdown.See the full content of this document
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Tax Bill Gets Through House
The failure to pass budget bills for domestic agencies, said Rep. David Obey, D-Wis.,...
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