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Mike Thompson: “President Trump and my Republican colleagues spent about $2.3 trillion on deficit finance tax cut as their marquee…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2019
President Trump and my Republican colleagues spent about $2.3 trillion on deficit finance tax cut as their marquee accomplishment under the tax cut bill.
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Mike Thompson
Democratic · California

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Criticism of the tax cut bill's impact on the budget deficit.

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