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Republican tax bill may bring breaks for Hall residents, businesses

Senate passes reform plan in wee hours despite deficit concerns

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by, from left, Small Business Administration Administrator Linda McMahon, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., speaks to a group of small business owners Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington about the Republicans' sweeping tax bill that passed in the wee hours Saturday. (J. Scott Applewhite) - photo by Associated Press

120320117 SENATE TAX BILL — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by, from left, Small Business Administration Administrator Linda McMahon, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., speaks to a group of small business owners Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington about the Republicans' sweeping tax bill that passed in the wee hours Saturday. (J. Scott Applewhite) - photo by Associated Press

Federal tax reform looks like it will be the first major piece of Republican legislation to clear Congress, and that could be good news for middle-class Hall County and its neighbors.