Senate approves $70 billion election tax cuts bill
The Senate approved a 70 billion dollar tax cut package by 54 to 44 votes. It extends two years the 15 percent rate for capital gains and dividends and adds one year to the AMT relief. Bush praised the plan as preventing a tax hike while Democrats warned it largely aids the wealthy.
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Maine
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Ohio
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Nebraska
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Florida
Mark Pryor
Arkansas
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Charles Schumer
D-N.y
Charles Grassley
Iowa
Government seeks who should get flu vaccine first
Government bioethicists argue for prioritizing younger, healthier people ahead of the elderly during a potential global flu pandemic. The evolving plan ranks by risk, starting with high risk patients and essential workers, then pregnant women and those in contact with immunocompromised individuals, followed by leaders and seniors, with healthy 2 to 64 year olds last.
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National Institutes of Health
Ezekiel Emanuel
Alan Wertheimer
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