ingCHARITABLE TAX DEDUCTIONS, NATIONAL DEBT: By a vote of 277 for and 130 against, the House on July 17 passed a GOP-drafted bill (HR 4719) giving permanent status to tax deductions that businesses other than C corporations" receive for donating food inventory to charitable organizations. (Such deductions already are a permanent part of the tax code for C corporations.) The bill expands the tax b