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On the recordMay 12, 2025
This bill isn't about balancing the budget—it's about tax breaks for billionaires and kickbacks to corporate donors and billionaires, while silencing public voices.
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Melanie Stansbury
Democratic · New Mexico

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Stansbury criticizes the bill as benefiting the wealthy at the expense of public welfare.

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