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On the recordJune 15, 2026
We are trying to provide them with relief. The Republicans, including your prior guest, actually want to end Social Security and Medicare as we know it in five years, forcing it to sunset.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

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Contrasting Democratic and Republican approaches to social programs.

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