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Article: US House passes tax breaks for Hurricane Katrina victims
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 21, 2005
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US House passes tax breaks for Hurricane Katrina victims
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The US House of Representatives
on Wednesday approved a 6.1-billion-dollar package of tax breaks to
help families recover from Hurricane Katrina which hit the Gulf Coast
areas late last month.
The House passed the bill with a vote of 422-0 and the bill has
been sent to the US Senate, where lawmakers hoped to quickly give
their final approval.
The package offers tax assistance to people and ...