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17 Mar, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Per WaPo:
Yesterday 21 GOP AGs threatened a lawsuit against Biden admin for the $350B relief bill allotment for city & state pandemic relief
Calling it an imposition of ‘unprecedented and unconstitutional’ limits on their states’ ability to lower taxes

washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021…
2-"Twenty-one Republican state attorneys general on Tuesday threatened to take action against the Biden administration over its new $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus law, decrying it for imposing ‘unprecedented and unconstitutional’ limits on their states’ ability to lower taxes
3-"The attorneys general take issue with a $350 billion pot of money set aside under the stimulus, known as the American Rescue Plan, to help cash-strapped cities, counties and states pay for the costs of the pandemic.
4-"Congressional lawmakers opted to restrict states from tapping these federal dollars to finance local tax cuts.” ~WaPo

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