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W. Todd Akin: “What you are saying is you are going to take $500 billion out of Medicare. Now, is this a Republican that is going to…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2010
What you are saying is you are going to take $500 billion out of Medicare. Now, is this a Republican that is going to raid Medicare?
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
Source
govinfo.gov
Jan 20, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is questioning the impact of proposed cuts to Medicare.

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