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onsdag, januari 02, 2013

House gives final OK to 'fiscal cliff' bill

 

Los Angeles Times | January 1, 2013 | 8:09 PM (Swedish Time: 5:09 AM, Jan 2)
The House gave final approval to a bill to rescind tax increases for the vast majority of Americans but only after a day of closed-door debate among Republicans who were forced to allow a vote on a compromise many in their party disdained.
The final tally, 257-167, included the vast majority of the chamber's Democrats and fewer than half of the Republican majority. The Senate had approved its version early Tuesday on a lopsided 89-8 vote.
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