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Danny Davis: “I would represent, having been here the last several years, that this Congress has not passed, and no President has…”

On the recordApril 22, 2009
I would represent, having been here the last several years, that this Congress has not passed, and no President has signed, any single provision that has raised taxes for the last several years or the next two.
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Danny Davis
Democratic · Illinois

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Davis argues that Congress has not raised taxes recently or in the near future.

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