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Crisis

The sky over The Capitol is lit up at dawn as Senate Republicans work to pass their sweeping tax bill this week in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Illness Sidelines McCain, Cochran as Epic Tax Vote Nears

By RICHARD LARDNER cast their votes. votes this week, but their would vote against the McCain in the chairman’s
MATTHEW DALY The 81-year-old McCain, of presence will be crucial bill if negotiators failed to seat and members of the
Associated Press Arizona, is at a Washington- early next week as the expand the child tax credit. panel unsure when he’d
WASHINGTON (AP) — area military hospital being GOP tries to pass the tax bill “My expectation is he’ll be return to Congress.
Senate Republicans rushed treated for the side effects in the Senate with a razor- here,” Sen. John Cornyn, Cochran was away from
toward votes next week on of brain cancer treatment. thin Republican majority of R-Texas, said of McCain. Washington for several
their sweeping $1.5 trillion Cochran, 80, of Mississippi, 52-48 — and all Democrats “He’s resting up and so weeks this fall recovering
tax package, hopeful had a non-melanoma opposed to the legislation. we hope to see him then.” from a urinary tract
ailing Sens. John McCain lesion removed from his Adding to the uncertainty A Senate Armed Services infection.
and Thad Cochran will be nose earlier this week. on Thursday was Sen. Marco Committee hearing
back and well enough to Both men missed all Senate Rubio, R-Fla., who said he opened Thursday without Continued on Page 3