Senate votes to end ethanol tax breaks: What it means
The Senate on Thursday voted, 73 to 27, to end billions of dollars of annual tax subsidies for ethanol producers, signaling a new willingness in Congress to trim the deficit by eliminating some federal tax breaks.
The vote Thursday offered closure to a related vote Tuesday, when the same measure failed, 40 to 59. All but six Democrats had voted against that measure because its sponsor, Sen. Tom Coburn (R) of Oklahoma, bypassed Democratic leadership to bring it to the floor.