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On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
So why would there be a tax proposal completely contrary to the principle you asserted that this administration was not going to be about enriching the rich but helping the middle class?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley questions the administration's tax proposal favoring the wealthy.

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