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Tim Scott: “One of the demands we have heard is that Republicans abandon the use of budget reconciliation for tax reform. This, in…”

On the recordMay 24, 2017
One of the demands we have heard is that Republicans abandon the use of budget reconciliation for tax reform. This, in my view, is an odd demand.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Scott finds it unusual for Democrats to oppose budget reconciliation for tax reform.

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