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What were the last-minute changes to the Senate tax bill?

Season 2017 Episode 1252 | 3m 48s

The Senate passed a $1.5 trillion tax package early Saturday, pushing closer to one of the largest overhauls of the U.S. tax code in decades. But the vote came just hours after the final text of the nearly 500-page bill was released, provoking several, last-minute negotiations on the Senate floor. Lisa Desjardins joins Hari Sreenivasan for more on what made it into the bill and what’s next.

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