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...basic problem of Iraq right now is ethnic and sectarian rivalry and competition. And there is a continuing effort on the part of the terrorists - in particular, the Zarkawi group - to pro-voke civil war. The attacks on Samarra pushed the country in that direction. But I think the Iraqi leaders decided not to go that way and stopped rather than move towards a civil war further. The effort by the terrorists to provoke a civil war continues. But the answer to the challenge of Iraq, given the ethnic and sectarian rivalry, is the establishment of a national-unity government...
...House Ways and Means Chair Richard Voke (D-Chelsea) said he was willing to compromise on extending the sales tax to other areas--except for professional services...
...Voke said such a tax could seriously hurt an already weak economy by adding significant costs to businesses...
...Mackey and Voke both said Friday that the tax package will not raise the revenue needed to close the budget deficit this year...
...Nothing's impossible, but [the package] is unlikely to raise $500 million in tax revenue," Voke said...