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Maria Cantwell: “My constituents now are just flabbergasted that the NFL continues to enjoy a tax-exempt status.”

On the recordDecember 1, 2014
My constituents now are just flabbergasted that the NFL continues to enjoy a tax-exempt status.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Cantwell expresses her constituents' disbelief regarding the NFL's tax-exempt status.

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