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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Why 2 California Republicans voted against the tax bill

    Democrats have done everything in their power to derail the Republican tax bill. So when two Southern California Republican Congressional members voted against the bill, it raised eyebrows.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 20, 2017 • 1 min read

    Democrats have done everything in their power to derail the Republican tax bill. So when two Southern California Republican Congressional members voted against the bill, it raised eyebrows. We dig into that, and what may have motivated their decisions.

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      Madeleine Brand

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Inside 'Molly's Game,' Aaron Sorkin's new film on high stakes poker
    1. 0:00Why 2 California Republicans voted against the tax billYou’re reading this
    2. 8:43The year in controversial art
    3. 18:25Best documentaries of 2017
    4. 30:22Molly Bloom on building and running high stakes poker games
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