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On the recordOctober 12, 2008
I've already proposed a middle class tax cut for 95 percent of workers and their families. But today, I'm calling on Congress to pass a plan so that the IRS will mail out the first round of those tax cuts as soon as possible.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Barack Obama outlines his tax cut proposal aimed at the middle class and urges Congress to act.

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