As you may know, the package of tax cuts passed almost ten years ago were set to expire at the end of this year.
Without the exemption, many Council members speculated, the package would not have passed.
The package passed the Assembly by large margins on Thursday night.
After that the package passed to New Line.
"I would anticipate the academic package will pass," Schultz said.
Are Europeans worried about the consequences if that package doesn't pass?
It is because of the dividend that most analysts had assumed the package would pass.
The package passed the House in May by only six votes.
The package passed council by a vote of 33-9.
The Democratic package narrowly passed the House last week.