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Article snippet: WASHINGTON — The revised Senate tax bill that arrived late Tuesday night brought unexpected gifts for craft breweries, tech start-ups and certain growers of citrus trees. Companies that house and maintain private aircraft and residents of the Mississippi River Delta who were harmed by flooding on August 11, 2016, also got special treatment. Those were not the headline provisions of the amendment, which also kills the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate and sets expiration dates on all of the individual tax cuts contained in the Senate bill released last week. They were pet issues of special-interest groups, championed by some members of the Senate Finance Committee, and the rare example thus far of lobbyists breaking through in their efforts to shape a tax proposal that is hurtling through Congress at warp speed. The House will vote Thursday on a tax bill it released just two weeks ago. Senate leaders say they are on track to vote on their version at the end of the month. The speed is a deliberate attempt by top Republicans to deliver a legislative victory before the New Year and, along the way, thwart attempts by lobbying groups to change the bills, in ways that could complicate prospects for passage. Thus far, lobbying groups and lawmakers agree, the strategy appears to be working — with some notable exceptions. The influential small-business lobbying group, the National Federation of Independent Business, has succeeded in reshaping tax breaks for business... Link to the full article to read more