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John Thune: “In July, we passed the working families tax cut to make…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Thune: Republicans Delivered Tax Relief for Working Families

Published | Video Starts at 01:08

But not just extending it, making it permanent. We didn't want hard working Americans to have to worry every few years that their tax bills are suddenly going to soar. And so In July, we passed the working families tax cut to make permanent the 2017 tax relief. We made those lower tax rates permanent. We made the increased standard deduction permanent, and we made the increased child tax credit permanent. But Mr. President, we didn't stop there. (01:08–01:15)

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Asserts that a tax cut was passed in July to make the 2017 tax relief permanent.

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