These are the times that try people’s souls and tax their faith in human nature. The House of Representatives just passed President Trump’s big bad bill that awards huge tax breaks for rich people and big corporations and rips a gaping hole in the social safety net that protects the poor in bad economic times. The draconian proposal undermines the already shaky health, wealth and wellbeing of millions of struggling American families.
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Hawley has long warned his party ...
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