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Lindsey Graham: “I'm willing to generate revenue. It's fair to ask my party to put revenue on the table. We're below historian averages.…”

On the recordNovember 25, 2012
I'm willing to generate revenue. It's fair to ask my party to put revenue on the table. We're below historian averages. I will not raise tax rates to do it. I will cap deductions.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Senator Graham expresses his willingness to consider revenue generation while opposing higher tax rates.

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