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On the recordJune 7, 2012
I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' and defeat the previous question so we can make sure that Members of Congress don't receive special benefits that we would deny to our constituents. I urge a ``no'' vote on the rule, so we can avoid this enormous Republican middle class tax increase, and I yield back the balance of my time.
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Jared Polis
Democratic · Colorado

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