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On the recordSeptember 10, 2024
I would just like to ask you if you would be willing to work with me, and I know Senator Wyden is interested in this on the Finance Committee as well, in a general look at how to do cliff smoothing.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse proposes collaboration to address the issue of income cliffs affecting families.

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