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The failure of Congress to reduce taxes was one of the chief causes of the defeat of the Republican party last fall, though it was not really the fault of our party.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “The failure of Congress to reduce taxes was one of the chief causes of the defeat of the Republican party last fall…”
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Sherman identifies the failure to reduce taxes as a key factor in the Republican party's electoral defeat.
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