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On the recordNovember 29, 2011
So, Ms. Furchtgott-Roth, why would we? Why would we put that in the Constitution?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin questions the rationale for constitutional protection of certain tax expenditures.

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