Senate passes middle-class tax cut bill in symbolic move

U.S. President Barack Obama attends campaign event at the House of Blues in New OrleansWASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats in the Senate on Wednesday won passage of a bill to renew tax cuts for tens of millions of Americans, while letting some rates rise for the wealthiest, in a largely symbolic vote. The legislation, certain to be rejected by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, lets Democrats claim in advance of the November 6 elections that they passed tax cuts for most Americans, only to be stymied by Republicans. …



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