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• House Rejects IRS Program

  Published: October 11, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: House, Rejects, Irs, Program, Internal Revenue Service, Jeff Trinca, Jim Mccrery, Max Baucus, National Treasury Employees Union, Iowa, Capitol Hill, Charles Rangel, Chris Van Hollen, Chuck Grassley, Colleen M Kelley, Kevin Brady, Steny Hoyer, Stephen Barr, The White House

  The House voted yesterday to kill an Internal Revenue Service program that uses private companies to track down delinquent taxpayers and lets the companies keep a percentage of the taxes they collect. The vote, generally on party lines, was 232 to 173.

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• House Rejects IRS Program

  Published: October 11, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: House, Rejects, Irs, Program, Internal Revenue Service, Jeff Trinca, Jim Mccrery, Max Baucus, National Treasury Employees Union, Iowa, Capitol Hill, Charles Rangel, Chris Van Hollen, Chuck Grassley, Colleen M Kelley, Kevin Brady, Steny Hoyer, Stephen Barr, The White House

  The House voted yesterday to kill an Internal Revenue Service program that uses private companies to track down delinquent taxpayers and lets the companies keep a percentage of the taxes they collect. The vote, generally on party lines, was 232 to 173.

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• House Votes to End Big Oil's Tax Breaks

  Published: February 28, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: House, Votes, End, Big, Oil S, Tax, Breaks, United States, Chevron Corporation, Conocophillips Company, Exxon Mobil Corporation, New York Mercantile Exchange Inc, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Charles Rangel, Hollywood, Kevin Brady, Nancy Pelosi, Rahm Emanuel, The White House

  The House of Representatives brushed aside threats of a White House veto yesterday and voted 236 to 182 in favor of an $18 billion tax package that would rescind a tax break for the five biggest oil companies and use the revenue to boost incentives for wind and solar energy and energy efficiency.

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• House Votes to End Big Oil's Tax Breaks

  Published: February 28, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: House, Votes, End, Big, Oil S, Tax, Breaks, United States, Chevron Corporation, Conocophillips Company, Exxon Mobil Corporation, New York Mercantile Exchange Inc, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Charles Rangel, Hollywood, Kevin Brady, Nancy Pelosi, Rahm Emanuel, The White House

  The House of Representatives brushed aside threats of a White House veto yesterday and voted 236 to 182 in favor of an $18 billion tax package that would rescind a tax break for the five biggest oil companies and use the revenue to boost incentives for wind and solar energy and energy efficiency.

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• House Fails To Extend Jobless Benefits

  Published: June 12, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: House, Fails, Extend, Jobless, Benefits, The White House, Dick Durbin, Iraq, John Mccain, Kevin Brady, Rahm Emanuel, Steny Hoyer, Tony Fratto, Jim Mcdermott, Phil English, Afghanistan, United States, Alaska, Arizona, California, Michigan

  The House yesterday narrowly failed to approve a proposal to give jobless workers an extra three months of unemployment benefits, but Democratic leaders said they would bring back the bill for a second vote today.

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• House Fails To Extend Jobless Benefits

  Published: June 12, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: House, Fails, Extend, Jobless, Benefits, The White House, Dick Durbin, Iraq, John Mccain, Kevin Brady, Rahm Emanuel, Steny Hoyer, Tony Fratto, Jim Mcdermott, Phil English, Afghanistan, United States, Alaska, Arizona, California, Michigan

  The House yesterday narrowly failed to approve a proposal to give jobless workers an extra three months of unemployment benefits, but Democratic leaders said they would bring back the bill for a second vote today.

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