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Cheney Breaks Tie, Senate Passes Nickles Amendment
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Posted on 05/15/2003 4:25:21 PM PDT by William McKinley
Just saw. The Senate voted 51-50, with Cheney casting the tie-breaking vote, to pass the Nickles amendment which reinstitutes to the budget, for a period of three years, the elimination of double taxation on dividends.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bigtime; bushtaxcuts; cheney; dividendtax; senate
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To: ConservativeMan55
Bubba in the trailer park does not even know what it's all about.
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posted on
05/15/2003 4:50:43 PM PDT
by
AIBC
To: Tuxedo
A bunch over overly self-important, posturing and preening gas-bags, aren't they?
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posted on
05/15/2003 4:51:16 PM PDT
by
William McKinley
(Our differences are politics. Our agreements are principles.)
To: the_doc
I don't agree with Chaffee, mind you. Just stating the facts. He like his dad is all about getting relected.
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posted on
05/15/2003 4:51:30 PM PDT
by
Tuxedo
To: William McKinley
How about Hollings amendment to strike all of the tax cuts? Had to chuckle about that one. Will be good to see him retired next year.
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posted on
05/15/2003 4:52:34 PM PDT
by
Tuxedo
To: William McKinley
I wonder if this is the first step in the elimination of corporate taxes? Seems like a logical first step.
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posted on
05/15/2003 4:52:37 PM PDT
by
Rockitz
(After all these years, it's still rocket science.)
To: William McKinley
Temporary blah, blah, blah...This is BS. The GOP controls the House, Senate and the White House. Show some balls. Eliminate the federal income tax and replace it with a national sales tax or consumption tax. Fire the IRS!
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posted on
05/15/2003 4:52:48 PM PDT
by
kellynla
("C" 1/5 1st Mar Div Viet Nam '69 & '70 Semper Fi)
To: William McKinley
1. Looks like they had to include some tax hikes and spending increases to get the elimination of the double dividen tax.
2. Senate and House version don't match. Will have to go to conference to bring the two together. I suppose this will create another opportunity for the Dems and the RINOS to water this down and/or put more of their tax and spending increases into the bill.
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posted on
05/15/2003 4:54:39 PM PDT
by
sigarms
To: kellynla
Imagine how much money we'd save by sending the entire IRS to early retirement! Still have to pay their pensions and unemployment bennies, but what the heck!
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posted on
05/15/2003 4:54:40 PM PDT
by
Tuxedo
To: StarFan
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=512&e=1&u=/ap/20030515/ap_on_go_co/congress_taxes WASHINGTON - The Senate voted Thursday to suspend taxes on stock dividends for three years, restoring the centerpiece of President Bush's economic plan in a package of tax cuts that is still half the size he wanted.
"It would encourage investment, it would encourage jobs, it would encourage growth," Sen. Don Nickles, R-Okla., said just before Vice President Dick Cheney cast the tie-breaking ballot in the 51-50 vote to abolish dividend taxes in 2004, 2005 and 2006
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posted on
05/15/2003 4:55:21 PM PDT
by
William McKinley
(Our differences are politics. Our agreements are principles.)
To: William McKinley
Thanks for clearing that up. I wonder what the heck Rick Fulbaum (?) was referring to.
BTW, I caught O'Reilly's promo in which he announced a fox exclusive -- they managed to get a copy of Hillary's college thesis, so stay tuned.
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posted on
05/15/2003 4:55:30 PM PDT
by
StarFan
To: William McKinley
Which means that McCain has become more liberal than even Collins and Don NelsonNo, he is just anti-Bush.
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posted on
05/15/2003 4:56:18 PM PDT
by
VRWC_minion
(Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and most are right)
To: William McKinley
As the stomach turns... or "your tax dollars at work" now airing live on C-SPAN-2. Kennedy is a buffoon.
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posted on
05/15/2003 4:58:34 PM PDT
by
Tuxedo
To: b4its2late
They also knew what they were doing when the formed the electoral college by the way
You can say that again!
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posted on
05/15/2003 5:02:20 PM PDT
by
visualops
(It's the cream of the crap, it's the top of the slime, it's the Democratic Agenda!)
To: Tuxedo
Just imagine how this economy would aggrandize if there were no federal income taxes.
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posted on
05/15/2003 5:08:37 PM PDT
by
kellynla
("C" 1/5 1st Mar Div Viet Nam '69 & '70 Semper Fi)
To: kellynla
Yep we'd all get a 28% raise! Not too shabby!!!!!!
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posted on
05/15/2003 5:09:56 PM PDT
by
Tuxedo
To: Tuxedo
More than 28% because you probably also pay taxes on dividends and possibly corporate income tax as well. Replace the income tax with a national sales tax and you would see a boom in this economy the world has never witnessed before. Companies and individuals who had previously left America would return and people from all over the world would beg to move here and become a part of the greatest economy in existence.
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posted on
05/15/2003 5:20:32 PM PDT
by
kellynla
("C" 1/5 1st Mar Div Viet Nam '69 & '70 Semper Fi)
To: adam_az
That really chafees my asse! R Hugh Series?
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posted on
05/15/2003 5:36:25 PM PDT
by
Recovering_Democrat
(I'm SO glad to no longer be associated with the Party of Dependence on Government.)
To: Recovering_Democrat
The best part of this vote today is that we passed what Snowe called a "Gimmick". Take THAT OLYMPIA! HA!
:D
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posted on
05/15/2003 5:40:11 PM PDT
by
Pubbie
(Bill Owens for Prez and Jeb as VP in '08.)
To: Pubbie
The Hollings amendment is up. Ugh...
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posted on
05/15/2003 5:41:35 PM PDT
by
Tuxedo
To: Tuxedo
The Hollings amendment is down. Just precious.
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posted on
05/15/2003 5:43:56 PM PDT
by
Tuxedo
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