And again, I am ready to reach across the aisle, have extended that offer to some of my Republican colleagues. Let's work on a reasonable bill. Let's extend these tax cuts to the middle class. And frankly, This bill increases costs for people making $51,000 and below. So it makes people worse off. I'm happy to work with folks on that. So if this bill goes away, there's still an opportunity for bipartisan compromise to preserve the minimal tax breaks that middle class Americans got with the first tax bill. (08:47–08:53)
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