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Tax relief?
Minority leader proposes spending cuts to pay for renewables tax-credit extension |
Kate Sheppard |
07 Jul 2008 |
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| Yet another episode in the drama that is the renewable-energy tax-credit extensions. Last week, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) sent a letter [PDF] to Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asking that the Democrats agree to spending cuts in order to fund the extension of tax credits for renewable energy. In the letter, McConnell says he 'would like to focus on areas of bipartisan agreement in order to break the impasse o ... |
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| Topics: Harry Reid, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, renewable energy, US Senate (all these topics) |
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