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Jim Nussle: “Now, where is that money going to come from, I ask my colleagues. Not $27 billion; they want the other body's version of…”

On the recordJune 12, 2002
Now, where is that money going to come from, I ask my colleagues. Not $27 billion; they want the other body's version of $31 billion. Where is that coming from? Is it coming from Social Security? Why are you not down here demagoguing that?
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Jim Nussle
Iowa

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Questioning the funding sources for proposed budget amounts during a floor debate.

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