Washington Post: "The House voted 251 to 178 yesterday to replace an export subsidy with a major tax cut for domestic manufacturers and multinational corporations, setting up difficult negotiations with the Senate on one of the most significant corporate tax bills in 20 years.
Passing a corporate tax measure has become imperative. Since the World Trade Organization ruled existing export subsidies illegal, retaliatory sanctions by the European Union have tacked 8 percent onto the price of a variety of U.S. exports, from leather and jewelry to timber and thoroughbreds. The penalty will rise by 1 percentage point a month until the subsidy is lifted."
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ArsTechnica: "We have reported on security problems with electronic voting machines before and new concerns emerge on a weekly basis. While it seems that American voters may be gambling with their vote in upcoming elections, that gambling industry may offer a model which could ensure each and every vote is accurately tallied. In a New York Times opinion column, reporters visited the Nevada Gaming Control Board laboratory and found that gambling machines have testing and enforcement mechanisms in place that far surpass those of electronic voting machines."
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