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Ron Wyden: “If you care so much about delivering tax cuts to the middle class, why was it necessary to include in the tax bill a…”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2018
If you care so much about delivering tax cuts to the middle class, why was it necessary to include in the tax bill a lower top rate for those with incomes over $500,000?
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden criticizes tax bill provisions favoring the wealthy over the middle class.

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