Tax bill clears Senate hurdle

WASHINGTON - Far-reaching legislation to avert a Jan. 1 income-tax increase for millions won overwhelming support in a Senate test vote Monday, backed by an uneasy and unusual alliance between the White House and lawmakers in both parties.

Even before the vote was complete, President Obama said the show of support "proves that both parties can in fact work together to grow our economy and look out for the American people."

Senate passage, expected within a day or two, would set up a final showdown in the House between Obama and liberals in his own party who want the White House to scale back the billions the bill includes in relief ticketed for the rich.

In his remarks, the president gave no indication he was willing to accept further changes to the measure he negotiated with senior Republicans.

"I understand those concerns," he said of the objections from some of his usual allies in Congress. "I share some of them. But that's the nature of compromise, sacrificing something that each of us cares about."

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