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Merkley: Republican Plan to Dismantle Medicare Breaks Covenant with Seniors

Statement

Date: May 25, 2011
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Senior Citizens Health Insurance

Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement after the Senate rejected the Republican budget plan:

"Instead of laying out a vision for the future that creates jobs for the unemployed or invests in education, clean energy, and infrastructure, the Republicans offered a budget that ends Medicare as we know it and gives bonus tax breaks for the best off. Medicare is a covenant with our seniors, and must be strengthened, not dismantled."


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