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Bill Archer: “the gentleman has totally distorted what he spoke of. He should go to the Democrat Senator from Illinois, Senator Carol…”

On the recordApril 5, 1995
the gentleman has totally distorted what he spoke of. He should go to the Democrat Senator from Illinois, Senator Carol Moseley-Braun, and ask her why she insisted and why the Senate insisted, in order to be able to get this conference report out, on this provision being included. There was a real need for expedition to be able to give the self-employed taxpayers of this country the opportunity to deduct their health care benefits on insurance before April 15, and our side did everything we could to expedite the ability for that to occur. The Senate insisted on including such----
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Bill Archer
Texas
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Addressing the inclusion of a provision in a conference report related to self-employed taxpayers' health care benefits.

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