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发帖数: 29846 | 1 By Matt Cover
January 2, 2013
(CNSNews.com) – The U.S. Senate voted 89-8 to approve legislation to avoid
the fiscal cliff despite having only 3 minutes to read the 154-page bill and
budget score.
Multiple Senate sources have confirmed to CNSNews.com that senators received
the bill at approximately 1:36 AM on Jan. 1, 2013 – a mere three minutes
before they voted to approve it at 1:39 AM.
The bill is 154-pages and includes several provisions that are unrelated to
the fiscal cliff, including repealing a section of ObamaCare, extending the
wind-energy tax credit, and a rum tax subsidy deal for Puerto Rican rum
makers.
The bill avoids the fiscal cliff by making permanent the Bush tax cuts for
individuals making less than $400,000 per year and couples making less than
$450,000 and by putting off the automatic spending cuts (sequestration) from
last year’s debt ceiling deal until March.
Technically, those Bush tax rates had expired at midnight on Dec. 31, 2012
and the spending cuts were scheduled to take place when the government
reopened following the New Year’s Day holiday. | P*********0
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: By Matt Cover
: January 2, 2013
: (CNSNews.com) – The U.S. Senate voted 89-8 to approve legislation to avoid
: the fiscal cliff despite having only 3 minutes to read the 154-page bill and
: budget score.
: Multiple Senate sources have confirmed to CNSNews.com that senators received
: the bill at approximately 1:36 AM on Jan. 1, 2013 – a mere three minutes
: before they voted to approve it at 1:39 AM.
: The bill is 154-pages and includes several provisions that are unrelated to
: the fiscal cliff, including repealing a section of ObamaCare, extending the
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