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Tom Harkin: My colleague Senator Tom Harkin has a bill for a FTT that would be 3 basis points and that the Joint Tax Committee has…

On the recordFebruary 25, 2013
My colleague Senator Tom Harkin has a bill for a FTT that would be 3 basis points and that the Joint Tax Committee has scored at $350 billion in revenue.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Tom Harkin proposed a financial transaction tax expected to raise significant revenue.

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