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Harry Truman: Just this spring a majority of Republican Congressmen voted against the bill that would increase social security…

On the recordOctober 26, 1952
Just this spring a majority of Republican Congressmen voted against the bill that would increase social security benefits, and against firm price supports at 90 percent of parity.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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