Senate Waives Pledge, Approves Tax Bill - washingtonpost.com

Senate Waives Pledge, Approves Tax Bill - washingtonpost.com: "Eleven months after adopting stringent new rules aimed at reining in the federal deficit, the Senate last night shrugged off its pledge of fiscal rectitude and overwhelmingly approved a measure to spare millions of families from the growing reach of the alternative minimum tax without providing an offsetting tax increase."