After Delay, Congress Tries to Finish Up

[Judi Lynn]

After Delay, Congress Tries to Finish Up

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: December 8, 2006
Filed at 2:17 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House on Friday tackled massive tax and trade legislation, a last hurdle to ending a painfully divisive session and making way for a new Congress under Democratic control.

The Senate was also poised to take up the package. Whether the Senate could vote on Friday was in doubt, however, because of concern about spending and lingering opposition to trade provisions among senators from states with large textile industries.

The measure includes $38 billion in tax breaks for businesses, higher education costs and schoolteachers as well as credits for alternative energy initiatives.

Congress must also act on a bill to keep federal programs funded through next February, concluding its work for the year. With that, the Republican control of Congress, lasting 12 years in the House, would be over, setting the stage for the 110th Congress to convene in January with Democrats in the majority in both the House and the Senate.
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Congress-Rdp.html?hp&ex=1165640400&en=6f2f3a54476c4375&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[Tight_rope]

1. $38 billion in tax breaks for businesses? WTF

Not sure why that should even be on the menu. The answer is "FUCK NO"!