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Ron Wyden: When you are talking about legislation that is going to cost nearly $2 trillion when it is all said and done, it is not…

On the recordApril 23, 2018
When you are talking about legislation that is going to cost nearly $2 trillion when it is all said and done, it is not easy to fail at your stated goal so spectacularly.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Wyden highlights the failure of the tax law to meet its goals.

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