Freshmen Reps Join Early Effort To Kill Device Tax In New Congress
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Rep. Eric Paulsen, R-Minn., made a bid to repeal the medical device tax at the start of the new session in a bill that would be retroactive to the 2013 tax year and has attracted 253 cosponsors, including 26 Democrats.
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