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Debbie Stabenow: “But the Senate Republican Caucus is willing to put all of that in jeopardy, hold hostage tax cuts needed by people…”

On the recordDecember 2, 2010
But the Senate Republican Caucus is willing to put all of that in jeopardy, hold hostage tax cuts needed by people, working people, middle-class families, small businesses, if they can't get a bonus tax cut for millionaires and billionaires.
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Debbie Stabenow
Democratic · Michigan

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Senator Stabenow accuses Senate Republicans of jeopardizing tax cuts for the middle class in pursuit of tax cuts for the wealthy.

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