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	<title><![CDATA[Republicans Block Extra Taxes On Oil Companies]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/10/republicans-block-extra-t_n_106282.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>WASHINGTON &amp;mdash; Saved by Senate Republicans, big oil companies dodged an attempt Tuesday to slap them with a windfall profits tax and take away billions of dollars in tax breaks in response to the record gasoline prices that have the nation fuming.</p>

<p>GOP senators shoved aside the Democratic proposal, arguing that punishing Big Oil won't do a thing to lower the $4-a-gallon-price of gasoline that is sending economic waves across the country. High prices at the pump are threatening everything from...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-06-18T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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