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Kent Conrad: the budget resolution does not determine any specific tax policy. All of us know that. This does not eliminate the…

On the recordApril 5, 2001
the budget resolution does not determine any specific tax policy. All of us know that. This does not eliminate the marriage penalty or anything else. It simply adds $69 billion to the tax cut, which raids the Medicare trust funds in each of the years I previously referenced.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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Discussing the implications of the budget resolution on tax policy and Medicare funding.

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