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On the recordJune 28, 2025
In the time that you were Budget chair, did you ever contemplate a situation in which you argued that renewing a tax break that was by law expiring would somehow have no impact on the deficit?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Questioning the Budget chair about tax breaks and their impact on the deficit.

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