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Chris Van Hollen: And we will fight any budget plan that extends deficit-busting tax breaks for millionaires and the wealthiest Americans…

On the recordMarch 16, 2011
And we will fight any budget plan that extends deficit-busting tax breaks for millionaires and the wealthiest Americans and at the same time, rolls back Medicare and Medicaid health services, and Social Security protections for seniors and the disabled, in the name of deficit reduction.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen opposes budget plans that favor the wealthy while cutting essential services for seniors.

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