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On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
Is it correct to say that this proposed budget relies, in part, on a $1.6 trillion tax increase over the next 10 years?
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Cornyn questions the budget's reliance on significant tax increases.

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