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Tax Extenders Bill Stalls

Tax Extenders Bill Stalls

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The US Senate came close to a deal on a tax extenders package last week, but could not reach a final decision.

South Dakota Senator John Thune says the President threatened a veto…

 

Thune says taxpayers would have also gotten a break from the bill…

 

Thune says businesses and farmers are still hanging, waiting for some type of compromise to come out of Congress…

 

Thune says the bill may have to move over to the new Congress next month.

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