01/02/2017
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"The proposal you have before the Congress presently is a renewal of the $8,000 tax credit."
"I personally think you would lose all the value of the tax credit if it became a permanent accepted credit in the general marketplace."
"I learned a long time ago in Government that legislation is about the art of the possible."
"What I have done is Senator Dodd and I and Lieberman and others who were sponsors of it, we removed the first-time homebuyer qualification."