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Ron Wyden: “I advocated tripling the standard deduction.”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2017
I advocated tripling the standard deduction.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Wyden supports increasing the standard deduction to provide tax relief for working-class families.

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