Dems: Gop Tax Plan A ‘disaster’

Max Greenwood, The Hill
Fri, 11/17/2017 - 9:07pm

Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) on Friday slammed Republicans' plan to overhaul the nation's tax code as a "partisan disaster," casting it as a massive windfall to the wealthiest Americans that places an undue burden on the...

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