Senate Democrats Protect Corporate Jet Loophole

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ABC/The Note:

 

Jonathan Karl

2/21/13

 

Listening to the White House, you’d think the key to averting the across-the-board spending cuts (the dreaded “sequester”) set to in place on March 1 is closing the tax break for owners of private jets.

 

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The Senate Democratic plan – which has been endorsed by the White House and is, in fact, the only Democratic plan actively under consideration right now – doesn’t touch corporate jets.

 

We asked Carney if the White House is upset that the Senate Democrats’ plan protects corporate jets. His answer:

 

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