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Dick Durbin: “I would say there is that old adage that once you are in a hole, the first thing you do is stop digging. If I am not…”

On the recordJune 23, 2003
I would say there is that old adage that once you are in a hole, the first thing you do is stop digging. If I am not mistaken, didn't this administration come back and want to dig that tax cut hole deeper within the last few months, and still we see these job statistics telling us this is a failed economic policy?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of tax cuts on the economy during a Senate floor debate.

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