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Mike Lee: “There's a difference between revenue raisers and tax increases. There are ways of raising revenue without raising taxes.…”

On the recordJuly 6, 2011
There's a difference between revenue raisers and tax increases. There are ways of raising revenue without raising taxes. If it's a tax increase, that's something that Republicans in the House and in the Senate are not going to support.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Senator Mike Lee clarifies the Republican position on raising revenue without increasing taxes.

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