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WASHINGTON (Nov. 24) -- A proposal to let more lawmakers see income tax returns is going to stay alive into December, thanks to Democratic complaints over how the one-sentence provision was stuffed into a gargantuan spending bill. With most of its members scattered for the Thanksgiving holiday, a handful of House members had been scheduled to use a voice vote on Wednesday to kill the tax-peeking idea. The Senate voted to kill it Saturday night. But House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Tuesday that Democrats would not allow the provision to be withdrawn Wednesday unless Republicans agreed to stop...