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On the recordOctober 2, 1980
I am particularly proud that you and the Congressional Democrats beat back Republican attempts to enact a hastily developed, ill-conceived, inflationary, election-year tax cut.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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The 96th Congress Letter to the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate

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