国际英语资讯:U.S. Senate narrowly passes Republican tax bill
<p><span word="WASHINGTON">WASHINGTON</span>, <span word="Dec">Dec</span>. 2-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="Senate">Senate</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span> <span word="morning">morning</span> <span word="narrowly">narrowly</span> <span word="passed">passed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Republican">Republican</span> <span word="bill">bill</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="overhaul">overhaul</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tax">tax</span> <span word="code">code</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="decades">decades</span>, <span word="moving">moving</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="step">step</span> <span word="closer">closer</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="legislative">legislative</span> <span word="victory">victory</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Trump">Trump</span> <span word="administration">administration</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="congressional">congressional</span> <span word="Republicans">Republicans</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Republican">Republican</span>-<span word="led">led</span> <span word="Senate">Senate</span> <span word="approved">approved</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="legislation">legislation</span>, <span word="called">called</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Tax">Tax</span> <span word="Cuts">Cuts</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Jobs">Jobs</span> <span word="Act">Act</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="vote">vote</span> <span word="of">of</span> 51-49, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="Democrats">Democrats</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="Republican">Republican</span> <span word="voting">voting</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bill">bill</span>.</p><p><span word="Bob">Bob</span> <span word="Corker">Corker</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Republican">Republican</span> <span word="Senator">Senator</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Tennessee">Tennessee</span>, <span word="stated">stated</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="opposition">opposition</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="vote">vote</span>, <span word="citing">citing</span> <span word="concerns">concerns</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="impact">impact</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="tax">tax</span> <span word="cuts">cuts</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="fiscal">fiscal</span> <span word="deficits">deficits</span>.</p><p><span word="While">While</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Trump">Trump</span> <span word="administration">administration</span> <span word="argued">argued</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tax">tax</span> <span word="cuts">cuts</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="themselves">themselves</span>, <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="independent">independent</span> <span word="economists">economists</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="forecasters">forecasters</span> <span word="didn">didn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="agree">agree</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="that">that</span>.</p>
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