] The Senate dealt a surprising election-year rebuke on
] Wednesday to the White House goal of new tax cuts as it
] narrowly backed a new rule to require at least 60 votes
] to approve any tax cuts in the next five years.
]
] Four Republican senators %u2014 Lincoln Chafee of Rhode
] Island, John McCain of Arizona and Susan Collins and
] Olympia Snowe, both of Maine %u2014 joined Democrats in
] the 51-to-48 vote.

[ Pretty awesome. -k ]

In Rebuff to Bush, Senate Raises Bar for Tax Cuts