Republicans are barreling into a lobbying frenzy next week, whenHouse Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady plans to unveil asweeping tax bill to remake the U.S. economy that's being craftedwith rigorous secrecy.

The stage was set with the House's adoption Thursday of a budgetresolution designed to speed the course of tax legislation and kickoff a three-week sprint toward a House bill. Now, lobbyistsrepresenting every corner of the economy are poised to firstdevour, then attack what may be hundreds of pages of legislationthat Brady says he'll release Nov. 1.

Special interests from realtors to dairy farmers will be tryingto save their industry-specific tax breaks, said Tim Phillips,president of Americans for Prosperity. His group, which is backedby billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch, supportsending such breaks.

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