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Big Oil Tax Breaks Face Bipartisan Pressure

Friday, 29 April 2011 01:15 PM EDT

Some Republicans in Congress have joined Democrats in questioning whether the booming oil industry should get to keep $4 billion in tax incentives, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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Democrats have labeled the tax breaks an unnecessary subsidy at a time of huge federal deficits and high oil-industry profits.

Top House Republicans including the speaker and budget committee chairman have signaled a willingness to explore repealing those breaks.

But the parties differ in their approach to the issue. House Republicans want to rewrite the U.S. tax code entirely to eliminate loopholes and lower corporate rates for all businesses.

Democrats are zeroing in on oil companies and, in the Senate, pushing a piecemeal vote on their tax incentives as a way to squeeze Republicans politically.

A spokesman for Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell says the just-oil strategy could backfire.

“Democrats are having a hard time explaining how this [vote] won’t raise gas prices, increase our dependence on foreign oil, and cost jobs,” the spokesman said.







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Some Republicans in Congress have joined Democrats in questioning whether the booming oil industry should get to keep $4 billion in tax incentives, The Wall Street Journal reports. Mitch McConnell Democrats have labeled the tax breaks an unnecessary subsidy...
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