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November 6, 2014

McConnell: Keystone Approval, Cutting Corporate Taxes Among Top Priorities 
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In his own news conference one day after the midterms, Senate Minority
Leader Mitch Mc Connell said approving the Keystone XL and cutting
corporate taxes will top his agenda in 2015.

Sen. Mitch Mc Connell: "We need to embrace the energy revolution that is
going on in our country, promote it. It's hugely advantageous to
America, not only in the area of energy independence, but employment. I
mean, the employment figures connected with Keystone are stunning. ...
The president has indicated he is interested in doing tax reform. We all
know having the highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized world
is a job exporter. All this talk about job exportation, what's exporting
jobs is having the highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized
world."

Mc Connell is the presumptive Senate majority leader for when
Republicans take control of Congress in January.

 

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