Tax-Extender Bill Held Up Again

By Tim Taylor
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Sep. 18, 2008, 3:01 p.m.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) tried to break the impasse Thursday on the tax-extender bill, but Republicans blocked his effort to bring it to the floor.

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Who could blame hundreds of Members of Congress for joining with a colleague and breast cancer survivor, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), in co-sponsoring legislation aimed at promoting breast cancer education? The problem, according to leading breast cancer scientists and advocacy groups, is the bill would do more harm than good. Read Full Article