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Senate passes Democratic tax plan, rejects GOP version
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Jul 25, 2012 04:26pm |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| Author | Ted Barrett and Alan Silverleib |
| Media | TV News - CNN |
| News Date | Wednesday, July 25, 2012 10:10:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a Democratic plan to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for middle income Americans while rejecting a Republican alternative to continue all of the cuts -- twin votes that help to crystallize the position of the two parties on a critical issue heading into the fall campaign.
The Democratic proposal passed in a sharply polarized 51-48 vote, while the Republican plan was defeated 45-54.
Vice President Joe Biden, the constitutional presiding officer of the Senate, was on hand to cast a tie-breaking vote if necessary.
Strategists on both sides of the aisle acknowledge that neither plan has a chance of passing both the Democratic-controlled Senate and the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. GOP leaders in the House have indicated they have no intention of bringing the Democratic plan to a vote. |
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