the amendment sounds as if it protects Medicare, but it would cause even deeper cuts in education and law enforcement and would make implementing Medicare reforms more difficult in the future, including implementing a prescription drug benefit. I recommend that my colleagues vote against this amendment and hope it will be defeated.
Opposing an amendment related to Medicare during Senate floor debate.
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