Protesters Chant ‘Kill the Bill’ as Tax Overhaul Advances From Senate Committee

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Protesters Chant ‘Kill the Bill’ as Tax Overhaul Advances From Senate Committee

By D.A. Banks

Posted November 28, 2017 at 9:02pm

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After the gavel went down on a party-line 12-11 vote to send the Republican tax plan to the floor in the Senate, protesters in the Budget Committee hearing room began chanting “Kill the bill, don’t kill us!”

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