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On the recordFebruary 9, 1995
Senator, this is exactly my point, because in 1990, this body took Social Security off budget by a vote of 98 to 2. Social Security draws its revenues from its own specific FICA tax, not from the income tax or any other tax of Government.
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Dianne Feinstein
Democratic · California

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Discussing the budget treatment of Social Security during Senate floor debate.

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