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House Votes To Repeal Big Oil Tax Cuts
ByKelly Phillips Erb February 28, 2008

The House of Representatives has voted to repeal $18 billion of tax breaks for oil and gas producers, as expected. The bill passed by a vote of 236-182. The bill now heads to the Senate, where it will be more difficult to get a win. Even if it does pass in the Senate, the White…

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Recession Likely Without Tax Cuts?
ByKelly Phillips Erb January 7, 2008

According to Martin Feldstein, a Harvard economist, the US is on its way to a recession. The only way to avoid it? Tax and interest rate cuts. If that sounds like something that the President would have said, you’re half right. Feldstein was an advisor for Bush’s presidential campaign and was instrumental in promoting the…

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