Mr. Speaker, I was shocked to read so many prominent elected officials and political operatives on the GOP side saying that the whole reason for doing this is that their donors were effectively going on a strike and the donors were saying: If you don't get the tax bill through, don't expect contributions from us. We couldn't have a more vivid demonstration of plutocracy in the country.
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