Tax Plan’s Biggest Cuts Could Be in Living Standards - The New York Times
In the summer of 2006, as President George W.
Republicans, Closing In on Final Tax Bill, Aim for a Vote Next Week - The New York Times
WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers, scrambling to reach agreement on a final tax bill that they hope to pass next week, are coalescing around a plan that would slightly raise the proposed corporate tax rate, lower the top rate on the richest Americans and scale back the existing mortgage interest deduction.
In a frenzy of last-minute negotiations, Republicans drew closer to agreement on nudging the corporate tax rate to 21 percent, up from the 20 percent in the bills that passed the House and Senate but still lower than the current 35 percent corporate rate, according to a lawmaker and a person
Republicans, Closing In on Final Tax Bill, Aim for a Vote Next Week - The New York Times
WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers, scrambling to reach agreement on a final tax bill that they hope to pass next week, are coalescing around a plan that would slightly raise the proposed corporate tax rate, lower the top rate on the richest Americans and scale back the existing mortgage interest deduction.
In a frenzy of last-minute negotiations, Republicans drew closer to agreement on nudging the corporate tax rate to 21 percent, up from the 20 percent in the bills that passed the House and Senate but still lower than the current 35 percent corporate rate, according to a lawmaker and a person
Politicians Weigh In as Doug Jones Wins Alabama Senate Seat - The New York Times
For more than two hours on Tuesday night, many Americans bit their nails and glued themselves to a screen as the votes rolled in.
Then, in a matter of minutes, media outlets — in rapid succession — called the Alabama Senate race for Doug Jones, a Democrat who defeated Roy S.
Video and Full Transcript: Roy Moore, Refusing to Concede, Addresses Supporters on Election Night - The New York Times
Roy S. Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in the Alabama special election, addressed his supporters on Tuesday night after The Associated Press called the race for his Democratic opponent, Doug Jones.
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Video and Full Transcript: Doug Jones Speaks After Winning Alabama Senate Race - The New York Times
Doug Jones, a Democrat, beat Roy S. Moore, a controversial Republican who had been accused of sexual misconduct, in a special election for the Alabama Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions when he became attorney general, according to The Associated Press.
Mr. Jones addressed his supporters late Tuesday night in Birmingham, Ala.
Doug Jones: A Lawyer in the Thick of Alabama’s Big Moments - The New York Times
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The fact that Alabama’s voters have sent a Democrat to the Senate for the first time since Howell Heflin retired in 1997 is a stunner, exceeded in incredibility only by the events that led to it — not least, that the Republican candidate, Roy S. Moore, saw his already prodigious history of controversy grow during the campaign to include allegations that he had molested teenagers.
The least surprising thing about it all may be that the victorious Democrat is Doug Jones.
“Doug has an uncanny ability to be at the right place at the right time,” said Greg Hawley, one of Mr.
Key Takeaways From Doug Jones’s Alabama Victory - The New York Times
WASHINGTON — Doug Jones’s defeat of Roy S. Moore in Tuesday’s bitterly fought special Senate election was one of the most unlikely upsets in recent campaign history. But the Democrats’ victory in Alabama carries some more immediate political implications.
Voters in Alabama’s cities and most affluent suburbs overwhelmingly rejected Mr. Moore’s candidacy, an ominous sign for Republicans on the ballot next year in upscale districts. In Jefferson County, which includes Birmingham and some of the state’s wealthiest enclaves, Mr.
Once a Long Shot, Democrat Doug Jones Wins Alabama Senate Race - The New York Times
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Doug Jones, a Democratic former prosecutor who mounted a seemingly quixotic Senate campaign in the face of Republican dominance here, defeated his scandal-scarred opponent, Roy S. Moore, after a brutal campaign marked by accusations of sexual abuse and child molestation against the Republican, according to The Associated Press.
The upset delivered an unimagined victory for Democrats and shaved Republicans’ unstable Senate majority to a single seat.
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Once a Long Shot, Democrat Doug Jones Wins Alabama Senate Race - The New York Times
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Doug Jones, a Democratic former prosecutor who mounted a seemingly quixotic Senate campaign in the face of Republican dominance here, defeated his scandal-scarred opponent, Roy S. Moore, after a brutal campaign marked by accusations of sexual abuse and child molestation against the Republican, according to The Associated Press.
The upset delivered an unimagined victory for Democrats and shaved Republicans’ unstable Senate majority to a single seat.
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