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Investors eyed events in washington like tax reform and comments from the fed chair nominee. The gains were broad. The closing numbers attention getting. The Dow Jones Industrial ave climbed 255 points to 23,836. The nasdaq added 33. The s p 500 gained 25. Investors were glued to three stories tonight out of our nations capital. We begin with ylan mui on the advancement of the senates tax reform proposal. Reporter the Senate Budget committee voted to move the republican tax plan to the floor today. And that means the gop is on track for a final vote by the end of the week. This was a critical step because there are still several republican senators who are on the fence over this bill. Senator ron johnson of wisconsin says he wants bigger tax cuts for passthrough businesses and senator bob corker of tennessee is worried about the impact on the deficit although he did tell ....