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Elijah Cummings: “Yesterday the House Republicans released a budget proposal to cut $5.3 trillion over the next ten years to end Medicare…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2012
Yesterday the House Republicans released a budget proposal to cut $5.3 trillion over the next ten years to end Medicare as we know it and shift costs to seniors and give further tax rates to corporations.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings criticizes proposed budget cuts affecting Medicare and tax policies.

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