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Ted Cruz: “The biggest element of it was extending and making permanent…”

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Ted Cruz: The Working Families Tax Cut Has More Wins Than Any Bill in American History

Published | Video Starts at 01:28

You're going to start seeing the real benefits in the economy kicking in in force in 2026. All right, look, the working families tax cut, The biggest element of it was extending and making permanent the Trump tax cuts. If we had not done that in two weeks on, on January 1st, there would have been a $4 trillion tax increase that would have been crippling to the economy. (01:28–01:33)

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Asserts that the biggest element of the reconciliation bill was making the Trump tax cuts permanent.

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