The Senate passed a $41.6 billion package of tax breaks late Tuesday, “one of the last substantive moves of this Congress,” says The Hill.

By a 76 to 16 vote, the Senate approved legislation “that would extend more than four dozen tax breaks” for both businesses and individuals through 2014.

It’s a two-week tax bill “that nobody really wanted,” says Politico. “The bill … was the minimum lawmakers could do to prevent tax hikes for millions of individuals and businesses.”

“This tax bill doesn’t have the shelf life of a carton of eggs,” Wyden said in a floor statement ahead of the vote.

U.S. Capitol in golden sunlight.

That said, the vote also represents the “most sweeping legislation to help the disabled in a quarter century,” says the Associated Press, allowing Americans with disabilities to open tax-free bank accounts to pay for education, housing and health care.

The opening of the accounts starting next year “could apply to as many as 54 million disabled people and their families,” the AP explains.

“This is a monumental, landmark bill,” said Sara Hart Weir, interim president of the National Down Syndrome Society. “This bill will change the way that families can save for all their children and adults with Down syndrome and will ease the unnecessary burdens that are placed on families — all while allowing people with Down syndrome to work and save for the future.”

Sens. Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono voted in the majority. The 16 “no” votes were split equally among Democrats and Republicans.