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Report: Only 17 lawmakers disclose returns

With members on both sides of the aisle clamoring for Mitt Romney to release more than two years of tax returns, an overwhelming majority of congressmen are declining to release their own.

Over the past three months, McClatchy Newspapers asked all 535 members of the House and Senate to release their tax records. Only 17 — or just over 3 percent — handed over the documents. Another 19 percent said they wouldn't release them. The remainder didn't respond to McClatchy's request.

While members of the executive branch are expected to release their tax records either while running for office or as part of the vetting process for Cabinet appointments, members of Congress aren't held to the same standard. While they fill out annual disclosures, those forms aren't as detailed as a tax return.

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