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SD Senator Mike Rounds; Republicans Agree on Tax Reform Outline

SD Senator Mike Rounds; Republicans Agree on Tax Reform Outline

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The House Ways & Means Committee begins debate this week on the massive tax reform bill. The goal of the republican backed bill is to cut over all taxes by one point five trillion dollars.

South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says there are a lot of differing opinions on what should be in the bill……

Rounds says republicans are in general agreement on the outlines of the bill……

Rounds says the Senate can wait and watch how the debate unfolds in the House……

This is the first major rewrite of federal tax laws in thirty years.

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