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Jim McDermott: I have been waiting for six months for a jobs bill, and they keep saying if we lower the tax rate to the corporations…

On the recordJune 1, 2011
I have been waiting for six months for a jobs bill, and they keep saying if we lower the tax rate to the corporations, somehow we will get jobs in this country.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

McDermott expresses frustration over delays in job creation linked to tax rate cuts.

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