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On the recordMay 31, 2011
The fact that low income assistance is being targeted in this way is especially troubling given the Republican ultimatum last year to force the extension of all President Bush's tax cuts for the Nation's wealthiest individuals.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Cummings criticizes cuts to low-income assistance while tax cuts for the wealthy are extended.

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