I can remember the Democratic leader today and myself going into a meeting with Senator Mitchell. The problem there is the Republicans were having a mad rush to have a constitutional amendment to balance the budget, but they were going to use Social Security surpluses to offset that deficit.
Discussing past budgetary issues and the use of Social Security surpluses during a meeting with Senator Mitchell.
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