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Artur Davis: “My party would not have reached into the pockets of hardworking Americans to get to a $350 billion cutoff number. My…”

On the recordJune 12, 2003
My party would not have reached into the pockets of hardworking Americans to get to a $350 billion cutoff number. My party would not leave veterans out of a package that purports to help people. And my party would not have to depend on a procedural maneuver to get votes to pass a tax credit for working families. There are very fundamental differences between our parties and they are very much on display today. I urge all of my colleagues in this Chamber to understand that the very people who are steamrolling this particular bill through this Chamber today in the form of a rule vowed to kill it just several days ago.
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Artur Davis
Democratic · Alabama
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Discussing differences between political parties regarding a tax bill.

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