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To: longnshort who wrote (362241)12/11/2007 3:54:14 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1596000
 
"when they realized they lacked the votes to offset the $50.6 billion cost of protecting more than 20 million middle-class taxpayers from getting whacked by the Alternative Minimum Tax this year."

Because Senate Republicans were going to filibuster it.

A fairly simple concept that you seem to be unable to grasp.