The so-called "Cadillac tax" never went into effect, since lawmakers kept delaying it. Wednesday's 419-6 vote increases chances that the Senate will follow the House, going for full repeal.
Transportation officials said they decided to close the highway leading to the protest site because of motorists and pedestrians in the roadway. Hawaii County Managing Director Wil Okabe says the road was also closed to allow a convoy of trucks to pass.
Thousands of protesters joined a swelling effort to stop construction of a telescope they have long tried to keep off a mountain considered sacred to some Native Hawaiians, blocking a road to Hawaii's highest peak and prompting the arrest of a group of elderly demonstrators.
The US Air Force has warned people against participating in an internet joke suggesting a large crowd of people "storm Area 51," the top-secret Cold War test site in the Nevada desert. A prank event on Facebook that's attracted more than 1 million interested people suggests that a mass of people attempt to run into the mysterious site at 3 a.m. on Sept. 20.
बीते एक जुलाई को हुए इस हादसे में कंडक्टर और 5 छात्राएं गंभीर रूप से घायल हुई थीं.
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