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John Conyers: A balanced budget amendment could be used to loot our Nation's savings funded by money taken out of every American's…

On the recordJuly 26, 2017
A balanced budget amendment could be used to loot our Nation's savings funded by money taken out of every American's paycheck to pay for other things and to balance the budget.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers warns that the amendment could misuse Social Security funds.

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