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Steny Hoyer: reclaiming my time, I don't have it in front of me, but what your budget did was you assumed that the tax cuts were…

On the recordMay 17, 2007
reclaiming my time, I don't have it in front of me, but what your budget did was you assumed that the tax cuts were going to be extended. You did not extend them in your budget legally, which you could have done under the rules. You claim you didn't do it initially because of the rules in the Senate. I think that is accurate.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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Discussing budget assumptions and tax cuts during a floor debate.

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