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On the recordJanuary 23, 2018
The Joint Committee on Taxation estimated $1 trillion of cost added to the deficit. Penn Wharton estimated $1.4 trillion.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley highlights varying estimates of the tax bill's deficit impact.

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