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On the recordMarch 4, 2025
Given this reality, we cannot provide another $1.1 trillion tax break to the top 1 percent by making massive cuts to healthcare, housing, education and nutrition assistance as President Trump and Republicans in Congress want to do.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders opposes tax breaks for the wealthy at the expense of essential services.

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