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On the recordOctober 18, 2017
this is a very simple and straightforward amendment. It would establish a 60-vote budget point of order to prevent the top 1 percent of Americans, people who are doing phenomenally well, from receiving any future tax cuts. At a time of massive income and wealth inequality in this country, when the very rich are becoming richer while most Americans are seeing a decline in their standard of living, this is not the time to give tax breaks to people who don't need them. I urge a ``yes'' vote on the Sanders-Wyden amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont
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Oct 18, 2017

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