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Gwen Moore: “Congress' failure to renew the payroll tax holiday took something like $120 billion out of the economy at a time when…”

On the recordJuly 19, 2017
Congress' failure to renew the payroll tax holiday took something like $120 billion out of the economy at a time when the recovery was still slow to take off.
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Gwen Moore
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Moore highlights the economic impact of Congress not renewing the payroll tax holiday.

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