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James Talarico: “Our senator, John Cornyn, cast the deciding vote on that…”

Featuring: James Talarico, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 50

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James Talarico announces "Close Billionaire Loopholes" agenda

Published | Video Starts at 03:04

We're going to crack down on offshore accounts. We're going to target billionaire tax cheats. Because this problem has only gotten worse. It got worse when Our senator, John Cornyn, cast the deciding vote on that big, ugly bill which allows billionaires to permanently write off the entire cost of private jets. This is while working Texans, working Americans, are barely making ends meet. People feel like they're drowning at the end of every month. And this tax day is adding insult to injury. (03:04–03:17)

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Asserts that Senator John Cornyn voted for a bill allowing billionaires to write off private jet costs.

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