“I would have much preferred to start off with tax. But that wasn’t my decision. Tax is the heavy lift here. It’s not going to be easier than health care. And we’ve been doing this for seven months.”
— Sen. David Perdue (R-GA), quoted by Politico.
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“I would have much preferred to start off with tax. But that wasn’t my decision. Tax is the heavy lift here. It’s not going to be easier than health care. And we’ve been doing this for seven months.”
— Sen. David Perdue (R-GA), quoted by Politico.
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