Republicans Press Tax, Medicare Issues

WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers on Thursday pieced together legislation extending popular tax breaks and saving doctors from a cut in Medicare payments as Republicans prepared to cede control of Congress to the Democrats.
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ANDREW TAYLOR

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