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Mike Levin: we are not talking about raising taxes. You are dodging the issue. This is not the formula for Medicaid or other…

On the recordDecember 16, 2005
we are not talking about raising taxes. You are dodging the issue. This is not the formula for Medicaid or other programs; this is a formula in terms of the Federal share for child support. I would like any of you to stand up and deny the estimate of CBO that what you are doing will reduce the amount collected in child support by $24 billion over the next 10 years.
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

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