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Hakeem Jeffries: “Massive tax breaks for their billionaire donors, and then…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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And in the same bill, they ripped $186 billion away from SNAP. These people literally stole food from the mouths of hungry children, seniors, veterans, and all of this was done so they can act. Massive tax breaks for their billionaire donors, and then they made those permanent. And now here we are. Clock is ticking in December. Affordable Care act tax credits expire on the 31st at the end of the month, and bills are still being introduced. (15:45–15:50)

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