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On the recordDecember 8, 2010
They didn't have a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, or they would have done this.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Paul Begala clarifies that Democrats lacked the necessary majority to pass tax legislation before the election.

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