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Hey everybody, it's the mpr politics podcast here with our weekly roundup of

political news. Republicans today release the first draft of their highly

anticipated tax bill. If it passes, it will be the most significant overhaul of

the federal tax code since Ronald Ray in was president. And if it fails, we'll

get into that too. President Trump is also calling for changes to the

diversity visa program after a terrorist attack in New York City left eight

people dead. It's the same program the accused attacker used to get into the

country and lawyers for Facebook, Twitter and Google were grilled by lawmakers

on Capitol Hill about the role their platforms played in eating Russia's

efforts to disrupt the 2016 election. And as always, we'll end with what we just

can't let go this week. I'm Susan Davis. I cover Congress for mpr. I'm Danielle

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