NationMaster - Encyclopedia: May 23, 2003

US Congress passes a $350 billion tax cut plan. The plan is less than half the size of President Bush's original proposal. Vice President Dick Cheney casts the deciding vote, breaking the 50-50 tie in the Senate [1]
The Euro breaks through its 1999 launch exchange rate of USD 1.1747 for the first time. [2]

May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Seal of the Congress. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States. ... -1... Richard Bruce Cheney (born January 30, 1941), widely known as Dick Cheney, is an American politician and businessman affiliated with the U.S. Republican Party. ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...

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