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Senate GOP Slows Rush to Tax AIG Bonuses

By the Associated Press

Posted Mar 20, 2009 6:00 PM CDT

(AP) – Senate Republicans are drawing out a flap that has made the Obama administration squirm, the AP reports. Sen. Jon Kyl, the Republicans' vote counter, blocked Democratic efforts yesterday to bring up the Senate version of the tax bill to recoup most of the $165 million paid out by AIG last weekend and other bonuses in 2009. The House had swiftly approved its version of the bill earlier in the day.

"I don't believe that Congress should rush to pass yet another piece of hastily crafted legislation in this very toxic atmosphere," Kyl said. Senate Democrats said they will try again next week to take up the tax bill and hope to complete it before April 4, when Congress leaves for a two-week spring break. Combining the disparate House and Senate versions of the bill might have to wait until after the recess.

Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., the Senate's second-ranking Republican, talks to reporters after the final passage of the stimulus bill, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009, at the Capitol in Washington.
Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., the Senate's second-ranking Republican, talks to reporters after the final passage of the stimulus bill, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009, at the Capitol in Washington.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., returns to the floor during deliberations on the economic stimulus bill, Friday night, Feb. 6, 2009, at the Capitol in Washington.
Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., returns to the floor during deliberations on the economic stimulus bill, Friday night, Feb. 6, 2009, at the Capitol in Washington.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
US Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-AZ) speaks during a news conference on the economic stimulus package on Capitol Hill January 29, 2009 in Washington, DC.
US Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-AZ) speaks during a news conference on the economic stimulus package on Capitol Hill January 29, 2009 in Washington, DC.   (Getty Images)
US Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-AZ) (R) speaks as Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) (L) listens during a news conference on the economic stimulus package on Capitol Hill January 29, 2009 in Washington, DC.
US Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-AZ) (R) speaks as Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) (L) listens during a news conference on the economic stimulus package on Capitol Hill January 29, 2009 in Washington, DC.   (Getty Images)
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