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Rep. Rahm Emanuel: “Having worked on the 1993 budget that cut taxes for working families and reduced the deficit by $500 billion and having…”

On the recordMarch 25, 2004
Having worked on the 1993 budget that cut taxes for working families and reduced the deficit by $500 billion and having worked on the 1997 budget that balanced the budget and cut taxes for middle-class families so you could both reduce the deficit and cut taxes, I not only know the music, I know how to dance to that music.
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Rep. Rahm Emanuel
Illinois

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Discussing past budget efforts and their impact on taxes and the deficit.

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