On the recordFebruary 11, 2013
I intend to do. The $15 billion that comes back to seniors through the benefit against the $230 billion overall cut to me is a fig leaf.
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Whitehouse expresses his opposition to cuts affecting seniors, calling the benefits insufficient.
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