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On the recordApril 5, 2017
I was disappointed along with many of my colleagues by the $239 million budget cut the President proposed for the IRS, nearly erasing the bipartisan efforts we made last year.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Cantwell criticizes the proposed budget cut to the IRS.

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