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GOP passes its tax plan; now Democrats have another big issue to use in the midterms

LOS ANGELES - As GOP leaders in Congress met behind closed doors to hash out the details of their massive tax overhaul, a group of graduate students from the University of California, Irvine met in Rep. Mimi Walters' Orange County district, fretting about how the plan could cost them money.

About 20 miles north, dozens of activists in top hats stood outside Rep. Ed Royce's Brea office as they chanted, "Shame on you!"

And up in California's Central Valley, protesters gathered outside Rep. Jeff Denham's Modesto office to sing "Protest ye dreary congressman ... Remember that he voted to take health care away. To save himself from taxes now, so you will have to pay.'

With the tax bill on its way to President Donald Trump and Republicans

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