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Tax Bill Advances, Final Senate Vote Remains Uncertain

By S. OHLEMACHER
M. GORDON
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A
key Senate committee ad-
vanced a sweeping tax
package to the full Senate
on Tuesday, handing Re-
publican leaders a victory
as they try to pass the na-
tion’s first tax overhaul in 31
years.
The Senate Budget Com-
mittee voted 12-11 to ad-
vance the bill as two com-
mittee Republicans who
had said they were con-
sidering voting against the
measure — Bob Corker of
Tennessee and Ron John-
son of Wisconsin — backed
the legislation.
President Donald Trump
personally lobbied Repub-
lican senators at the Capi-
tol on Tuesday and the bill
passed with little fanfare
other than a few protest-
ers who tried to disrupt
the vote. All 11 Democrats Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., front, with, from left, Sens. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., John Cornyn, R-Texas,
were opposed. and Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, speaks to reporters following a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House in
Continued on Page 3 Washington, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)