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On Capitol Hill, tax time means face time
While members of Congress usually aren’t shy about stepping in front of the camera, they seem particularly anxious to do so on the day that Americans must turn in their federal income taxes.
A group of House Democrats this morning highlighted the cost of the war in Iraq, which, according to some congressional estimates, has already cost more than $1 trillion.
“The American people are tired of this war,” said Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass. “And what’s worse, we’re not even paying for it. We’re putting it off on our children and grandchildren.”
Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, also had some thoughts to share about the war’s cost.
Here’s the footage:
Meanwhile, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, joined with a couple of other Republicans to denounce Democrats’ budget plan, saying it would increase taxes.
Democrats say those tax increases are needed to offset the cost of extending earlier tax cuts, or else the country will face a huge deficit. A trade of tax increases for tax cuts — it’s an argument often used by Texas Republicans in recent years to justify the state’s new business tax, that it’s needed to offset property-tax cuts. (Although Texas lawmakers ultimately ended up cutting billions more in taxes than they raised).
Anyway, here’s the senior senator from Texas:
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