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Chris Van Hollen: So just to go to the bottom line on that, what that means is that either the Republican budget would not be in balance…

On the recordApril 10, 2013
So just to go to the bottom line on that, what that means is that either the Republican budget would not be in balance if they actually did what they say they want to do with respect to tax rates and tax policies.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Summarizing the implications of the Republican budget's proposed tax policies.

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