Published: October 7, 2004
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 - In an act of pre-election largess, House and Senate negotiators approved a sprawling corporate tax bill on Wednesday that would shower corporations and farmers in politically sensitive states with about $145 billion worth of new tax cuts.
In an attempt to get backing from Southern Democrats, Republican leaders included a $10 billion buyout for tobacco farmers to be paid for by taxpayers, but they rejected a Senate provision to link that buyout with a requirement that cigarette companies be subject to regulation by the Food and Drug Administration.
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