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On the recordJuly 25, 2012
The extension of the rate itself avoids $100 billion tax increase on 98 percent of Americans.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Schumer discusses the impact of extending middle-class tax cuts on American taxpayers.

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