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Chris Van Hollen: “We will fight any budget plan that extends deficit-busting tax breaks for millionaires and at the same time rolls back…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2011
We will fight any budget plan that extends deficit-busting tax breaks for millionaires and at the same time rolls back critical 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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Opposition to budget plans that cut social services while benefiting the wealthy.

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