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Senate Democrats to force GOP to vote on tax cuts this Saturday

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) plans to schedule two votes on Saturday on Democratic plans to end Bush-era tax breaks for the nation’s highest income earners.

One plan sponsored by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) would extend current tax rates only for families that earn less than $250,000. The second plan offered by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) would extend tax rates only for families that earn less than $1 million.

The Senate will hold cloture votes on both of those measures Saturday to end Republican filibusters blocking them from floor consideration.

Full Story: Senate Democrats to force GOP to vote on tax cuts this Saturday – TheHill.com