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Patty Murray: “Republicans spent 2017 hijacking the budget process for two things: first of all, a partisan attempt to take health care…”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2018
Republicans spent 2017 hijacking the budget process for two things: first of all, a partisan attempt to take health care away from millions of families, which, thankfully, crashed and burned; and, second, jamming through the massive tax cut for the wealthiest Americans and a permanent tax cut for the biggest corporations, without even trying to work with Democrats on ways we could help the middle class.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Criticism of Republicans for mishandling the budget process and prioritizing tax cuts for the wealthy.

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