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David Walker: “The base of the Republican Party will not support any type of tax increases -- even if it's eliminating tax expenditures…”

On the recordJuly 10, 2011
The base of the Republican Party will not support any type of tax increases -- even if it's eliminating tax expenditures where there can be a bipartisan agreement.
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David Walker
Kentucky

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Walker discusses the Republican Party's resistance to tax increases despite potential bipartisan agreements.

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