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On the recordFebruary 3, 2014
the debt and the deficit is in practice much less important than protecting carried interest, much less important than maintaining Cayman Islands offshore shelters, and much less important than keeping big oil subsidies rolling.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse criticizes prioritizing tax loopholes over addressing the debt and deficit.

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