Delayed Obamacare taxes will increase the debt by $31 billion

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Congress’s decision to delay three Obamacare taxes will increase the national debt by $31 billion over the next decade, according to a new estimate.

The Joint Committee on Taxation released an estimate Tuesday on the bottom-line impact of the delays, which were put into a short-term spending deal that ended a three-day government shutdown on Monday.

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