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Lloyd Doggett: “With Republicans having such a dominant role, it was easier…”

Featuring: Lloyd Doggett, Democratic | U.S. House Texas, 37th Congressional District

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With Liberty and Justice for Some Ep. 60 with Rep. Lloyd Doggett

Published | Video Starts at 10:42

Yeah. And the reason it's not is not because I object to Pell Grant, but because With Republicans having such a dominant role, it was easier to get a tax credit than to get a direct expenditure. That tax credit is an expenditure as much as any that you would appropriate in your subcommittee. It's just done through the tax code instead of writing a check. (10:42–10:56)

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Asserts that Republican dominance makes it easier to pass tax credits than direct expenditures.

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