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W. Todd Akin: What I was just talking about here on the floor a little bit with this great drama that's supposed to take place…

On the recordFebruary 24, 2010
What I was just talking about here on the floor a little bit with this great drama that's supposed to take place tomorrow, the question is, you know, drama, there's supposed to be some element of it being credible. A science fiction movie, it's a cheesy movie if it's unbelievable. And yet what's going on tomorrow is we're going to take $500 billion out of Medicare. Now, and then the idea is that after people watch this 6-hour great debate, that they're going to be happy and they're going to like the bill when they find that they've taken $600 billion or $500 billion out of Medicare. And I'm thinking, I'm not sure that people aren't going to just say that bill is ugly.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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Feb 24, 2010

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The speaker discusses the impact of proposed cuts to Medicare in an upcoming debate.

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