Democrats go following oil giants' tax breaks
Both political parties sought to capitalize on populist anger at surging gasoline costs Tuesday, as Senate Democrats unveiled a plan to slash a suite of tax deductions for the nation???s five greatest oil organizations and Republicans pushed legislation to speed up offshore drilling. The Senate launched debate on the Democrats??? proposal to raise $21 billion over the next 10 years ?a and dedicate that income to cutting the federal deficit ?a by barring key oil companies from claiming several tax deductions and credits.
The Republican-controlled Home of Representatives moved in a diverse direction by beginning deliberations on legislation that would give federal regulators a 60-day window to decide no matter whether to grant offshore drilling permits. Democrats pitched their plan to slash large oil companies??? tax breaks as a common-sense way to trim the federal deficit,wholesale from china, which Republicans are eager to accomplish by paring government spending.
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