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Jim Bunning: I did not know The Washington Post was the expert on tax policy in this country, especially their editorial page. The…

On the recordJune 17, 1998
I did not know The Washington Post was the expert on tax policy in this country, especially their editorial page. The markets are panicking so much that we are about to pass this on the floor that the Dow Jones is up 180 points, the Standard & Poor 20 points and the NASDAQ is 38 points today in response to the fact that we are going to pass this horrible, irresponsible bill, and the financial markets are in a panic today.
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Jim Bunning

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Responding to criticism of tax policy during a debate on a financial bill.

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