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Why is a GOP senator pushing a massive tax hike on the working class?

By Brad Polumbo
Published May 20, 2023 10:26am ET
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Why is a GOP senator pushing a massive tax hike on the working class?
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., departs the chamber during the vote to confirm former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as the next ambassador to India, more than a year and a half after he was initially selected for the post, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

When you’re a Republican senator yet find yourself teaming up with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on economic policy, that should be your first sign that something has gone horribly, horribly wrong.

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