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Jeanne Shaheen: “My friend from Alaska and I, as she pointed out, represent States neither of which has a sales tax. Would the Senator…”

On the recordApril 25, 2013
My friend from Alaska and I, as she pointed out, represent States neither of which has a sales tax. Would the Senator agree with me that if this passes it sets a dangerous precedent that says at any point this Congress could impose on States such as ours, despite what we have chosen to do in our home States, a tax we may totally disagree with, and that that is a very dangerous precedent for us to set?
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire
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Apr 25, 2013

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