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Bob Kerrey: “Again in your hometown newspaper, it reported anyway-- perhaps it is not--division on the other side of the aisle.…”

On the recordMarch 18, 1998
Again in your hometown newspaper, it reported anyway-- perhaps it is not--division on the other side of the aisle. Senator Domenici has a $30 billion tax cut over 5 years. Someone on that side of the aisle wanted a $60 billion tax cut over 5 years. I ask the Senator, what does this represent over 5 years in terms of a tax cut? Do you have that number available, or is it $800 billion?
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Bob Kerrey
Nebraska

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Discussing tax cut proposals during a Senate debate.

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