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Barbara Boxer: “Under the first 4 years of the Bush plan, out of the 34 million seniors, this new benefit would go to less than 700,000…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2000
Under the first 4 years of the Bush plan, out of the 34 million seniors, this new benefit would go to less than 700,000 people. And those people have to go through the welfare offices. If there is no other reason to oppose it, there it is. It is a sham. It does not do much for hardly anybody.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Criticizing the Bush administration's plan for senior benefits.

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