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Obama, Clinton vote to raise taxes :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Barack Obama
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House approves $3 trillion budget plan favoring domestic programs over tax cuts 11:36 PM CDT on Thursday, March 13, 2008. (article 6) WASHINGTON - The Senate on Thursday gave a sweeping endorsement to some of President Bush's tax cuts but rejected renewing others as all three major presidential candidates interrupted their campaigns to cast key votes on the budget. (article 1) The chamber voted 52-47 to reject a move by Sen. Lindsay Graham to extend Bush's tax cuts for middle- and higher-income taxpayers, investors and people inheriting businesses and big estates. (article 1) McCain is a longtime opponent of so-called earmarked projects while Obama and Clinton have always asked for their share. (article 7) Und Senate Democrats, including presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois, pushed through a plan to selectively preserve $340 billion of President Bush's tax cuts through 2013. (article 3) Otherwise those rates will rise 3 percentage points at the end of 2010 and the highest rate will rise from 35 percent to 39.6 percent. (article 3) Criticizing GOP efforts to extend major tax cuts from Bush's first term and to eliminate the estate tax, Obama said: " These are all steps that John McCain rightly said were irresponsible when they first came up. (article 4)

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    1. Obama, Clinton vote to raise taxes :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Barack Obama (suntimes.com, 03/13/2008, 912 words)
    2. Congress advances fiscal 2009 budget (Washington Post, 03/13/2008, 344 words)
    3. House, GOP Tax Plans in Congress (Washington Post, 03/12/2008, 275 words)
    4. Today on the Presidential Campaign Trail (Washington Post, 03/12/2008, 209 words)
    5. Obama blasts McCain on tax stance (Washington Post, 03/13/2008, 324 words)
    6. House approves $3 trillion budget plan favoring domestic programs over tax cuts (dallasnews.com, 03/13/2008, 944 words)
    7. ABC News: Prez Hopefuls Back in Senate for Tax Vote (ABCNews, 03/13/2008, 343 words)




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