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2 Oregon senators vote no on Obama tax bill

The Columbian
Published: December 15, 2010, 12:00am

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s two Democratic senators have voted against the tax bill worked out by President Obama and congressional Republicans.

The measure passed anyway, 81-19.

Both Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said before the vote that the bill’s benefits weren’t enough to justify adding nearly a trillion dollars to the national debt.

Wyden favors a tax simplification bill and calls the current tax code a jobs killer. Merkley says tax cuts for the wealthy are among the least effective ways to create jobs.

The measure now goes to the House, where it faces a closer vote.

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