Report: Johnson pushed for tax break benefitting megadonors

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FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2020 file photo, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis, speaks before President Donald Trump at a campaign rally, at the Austin Straubel Airport in Green Bay, Wis. Sen. Johnson says he has not made a decision yet on his political future as the vocal backer of President Donald Trump faces two years in the minority and mounting calls for him to step aside. Johnson texted The Associated Press on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, to say he had not yet made a decision. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin pushed for a tax break in 2017 resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in deductions to megadonors who funded his campaigns, a report Wednesday from the nonprofit investigative journalism organization ProPublica found.

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Report: Johnson pushed for tax break benefitting megadonors

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