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Biz_Sweeteners_Economy.sPubDate = "10/2/2008 10:39:38 PM GMT";
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Biz_Sweeteners_Economy.appHeader = "Fact File| Senate proposal incentives ";
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Biz_Sweeteners_Economy[i-1].body = "Scrambling to revive the $700 billion bailout package rejected by the House, the Senate has added \"sweeteners\" in an effort to sway reluctant lawmakers. The package and one-year tax relief will come to an additional $106 billion in spending.<p><br>The heart of the bill remained the same. It would enable the government to spend billions of dollars to buy bad mortgage-related securities and other devalued assets held by troubled financial institutions.";

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Biz_Sweeteners_Economy[i-1].body = "Increase, from $100,000 to $250,000, the limit on federal bank deposit insurance. The limit would revert to $100,000 at the end of 2009 unless extended by Congress.";

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Biz_Sweeteners_Economy[i-1].body = "Legislation providing business tax breaks for production of and investment in industries promoting clean energy such as solar, wind, geothermal and biodiesel. Also includes an investment credit for advanced coal projects. ";

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Biz_Sweeteners_Economy[i-1].body = "A one-year fix to the Alternative Minimum Tax that will exempt 20 million Americans from paying higher income taxes. In recent years the AMT has required a \"patch\" to help more and more middle class taxpayers avoid paying a tax that was never intended to include them. This year the patch is costing $64 billion, for example. Extend until end of 2009 the deduction for state and local general sales taxes.";

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Biz_Sweeteners_Economy[i-1].body = "New provisions in the bill, include tax breaks for:<p>- Film and television productions<br>- Wooden arrows designed for use by children<br>- Litigants in the 1989 Exxon Valdez incident, Alaska<br>";

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Biz_Sweeteners_Economy[i-1].body = "Extenders in the bailout bill, include tax breaks for: <p>- Virgin Island and Puerto Rican rum importers<br>- American Samoa<br>- Mine rescue teams<br>- Mine safety equipment<br>- Domestic production activities in Puerto Rico<br>- Indian tribes<br>- Railroads<br>- Auto racing tracks<br>- District of Columbia<br>- Wool research<br>";

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Biz_Sweeteners_Economy[i-1].body = "Grant $8 billion in tax relief for victims of natural disasters in the Midwest, Texas and Louisiana. <br>";

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Biz_Sweeteners_Economy[i-1].body = "Extend individual tax breaks, including deductions for higher education costs and teachers' personal expenses, until 2009.";

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Biz_Sweeteners_Economy[i-1].body = "Extend through 2011 a program that funds rural schools and local governments that have low property-tax bases because they lie within or are adjacent to federal lands.";

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Biz_Sweeteners_Economy[i-1].body = "Require group health plans that include mental health or addiction treatment to provide coverage for those conditions that is equitable to other medical coverage. Also includes funding of the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund.";

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