Bush tax cut debate dooms deal to cut deficit (AP)

[TimesTen]

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111122/ap_on_go_co/us_supercommittee_bush_tax_cuts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111121/capt.203a440fffab444ab9a8018ab04d59f6-203a440fffab444ab9a8018ab04d59f6-0.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=bzNh8CDatcx7ZsB7A1.lrg--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Supercommittee member Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., speaks with reporters as the deficit reduction panel's mandate ends in failure, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>AP - A long-running war between Democrats and Republicans over Bush-era tax cuts doomed the debt supercommittee's chances of reaching a deal. Efforts to overhaul the tax code may await the same fate as both parties gear up to make taxes a central issue in 2012 elections.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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