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Barack Obama: “Republican vote to add a 5.6 percent surtax on incomes over $1 million U.S.”

On the recordOctober 10, 2011
Republican vote to add a 5.6 percent surtax on incomes over $1 million U.S.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Mention of a Republican proposal related to taxation in the context of the jobs bill.

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