Congress is getting down to the real business of writing tax legislation after the Senate's emphatic statement that President Bush's $1.6 trillion, 10-year tax cut plan is too large.
The Senate hopes to vote on a tax plan by the end of May, and Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said that even under the lower figure approved by the chamber, he believes he can meet most of Bush's tax relief goals.
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