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Sherrod Brown: “History teaches us that when Congress does big things, labor law reform and Social Security with Franklin Roosevelt, in…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2017
History teaches us that when Congress does big things, labor law reform and Social Security with Franklin Roosevelt, in 1965 Lyndon Johnson with Medicare, the Congress 2 or 3 years later goes back to those issues bipartisanly and makes modest changes to fix them.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Brown emphasizes the need for bipartisan adjustments to major legislation over time.

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