Bush wins a round on capital gains tax
The House supported President Bush by voting 239 to 190 to back his capital gains tax cut. The measure would reduce the top rate from 33 percent to 19.6 percent for 27 months, then 28 percent, with inflationary gains untaxed. Critics argued benefits mainly go to the wealthy and warned of deficits.
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Ill
Richard Gephardt
America
U.S
James Courter
R-N.j
White House
Ways and Means
Thomas S. Foley
House Democratic
Judge set to hear military pension tax suit in Kansas
A Shawnee County District Court judge scheduled November 13 to hear motions in two consolidated lawsuits by military retirees seeking to force Kansas to stop taxing their federal pensions. The case raises four issues including administrative remedies and class action status.
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Adrian Allen
Revenue Department
Kansas
Frieden
James Bartle
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Wichita State Senate Supports Controversial Film Showing
The Wichita State University student senate voted 18 to 0 with one abstention to bring The Last Temptation of Christ to campus for November screenings. The move follows Multimedia Cablevision pulling the movie from its Cinemax lineup amid broad debate over censorship and free speech.
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Wichita State University
Multimedia
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Cinemax
Jeff Fast
WSU
Cisneros
Campus Activities Center
James Rhatigan
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
OSU
Rally in stock prices lifts market at noon
New York stock prices staged a mild rally as the Dow rose 6.84 to 2679.90 at midday. Gainers beat losers 697 to 542 with 529 unchanged. NYSE composite rose .52 to 192.34 and AMEX up 1.94 to 384.98 as volume totaled 73.67 million shares.
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