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Fri Dec 1, 2017, 10:52 PM Dec 2017

Democrats mock tax bill on social media


Democrats mock tax bill on social media
AP December 02, 2017


WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Senate neared a momentous vote on the sweeping Republican tax bill, Senate Democrats mocked the nearly 500-page printed text of the legislation — complaining it was given to them at the last minute before the vote.

And it had illegible, hand-written notes in the margins, they protested.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts tweeted, ‘‘No, I haven’t had time to read the 500-page #GOPTaxScam bill that we’re voting on tonight,’’ with a photo of her reading aloud from pages at her desk. ‘‘Couldn’t read it if I tried — and I did.’

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