On the recordJune 9, 2010
So all the protests from the other side of the aisle about this 40-cent tax on big oil companies is basically not only to protect the big oil companies but to put the taxpayers on the hook for another bailout----
Dick Durbin: “So all the protests from the other side of the aisle about this 40-cent tax on big oil companies is basically not only…”
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Senator Durbin discusses opposition to a proposed tax on big oil companies.
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