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On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
we are proposing a mandatory toll charge of 14 percent on the roughly $2 trillion of earnings that are overseas and have not been taxed.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse supports a mandatory tax on overseas corporate earnings.

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