The dueling votes are more about political messaging three months before Election Day than a genuine attempt to resolve longstanding differences over taxes on higher-bracket earners. The impasse threatens a fiscal stalemate that could result in higher payroll deductions for every worker. The Bush-era tax cuts renewed in their entirety...

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