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Charles W. Stenholm: “There has been a decision made, apparently by the leadership... to bring forward a major tax bill before we have had an…”

On the recordMarch 1, 2001
There has been a decision made, apparently by the leadership... to bring forward a major tax bill before we have had an opportunity to have a good bipartisan discussion of the budget?

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Questioning the leadership's decision to advance a major tax bill without prior budget discussion.

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