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Bernie Sanders: “I did not vote for the Bush tax breaks which cost $600 billion over a 10-year period without any payment for them.”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2010
I did not vote for the Bush tax breaks which cost $600 billion over a 10-year period without any payment for them.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Senator Sanders clarifies his opposition to tax breaks contributing to the deficit.

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