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Mitch McConnell: We can't support job-killing taxes and adding tens of billions to the already unsustainable national debt. The only…

On the recordJuly 4, 2010
We can't support job-killing taxes and adding tens of billions to the already unsustainable national debt. The only reason the unemployment extension hasn't passed is because our friends on the other side simply refuse to pass a bill that does not add to the debt. That's it.
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Mitch McConnell
Republican · Kentucky

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Mitch McConnell argues against the unemployment extension, stating that it would increase national debt and blaming Democrats for not passing a fiscally responsible bill.

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