Ben Cardin actually said...

Senator Cardin has proposed what he calls a 'progressive consumption tax.'

In 2014, Senator Cardin introduced a bill that would impose a new consumption tax and maintain a progressive tax system.

I introduced the Progressive Consumption Tax that would replace some of our income tax with a national consumption tax.

We understand that it is unlikely in the next month or two that we are going to pass a major tax reform proposal, and we want to make progre...