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Silly rabbit, McTurtle has a Russian agenda, don't ya know.
Collins: McConnell Promised Me Medicare Cuts Won’t Happen
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/collins-paygo-tax-bill?utm_content=buffercf259&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) told reporters at a breakfast Thursday morning that she secured “a personal commitment” from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) that Congress would avoid deep automatic cuts to Medicare and other federal programs that would be triggered by the costly tax bill up for a vote this week.
The Congressional Budget Office reported earlier in November that the tax bills currently on the table would cost the government so much that it would trigger the so-called PAYGO law, putting into motion more than $100 billion in cuts to the federal budget, including an immediate $25 billion cut to Medicare.
Collins said Thursday that she confronted McConnell “asking what is the plan to avert that,” and was told that Congress would vote to waive the PAYGO cuts as they have more than a dozen times before, likely as part of the end-of-the-year government funding package.
“I met with Senator McConnell just yesterday, and he has assured me that that will not be allowed to happen,” Collins said. “If it were going to occur, I would not even be considering voting for this [tax] bill.”
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Yeah, right, just like they are gonna renew CHIP before the end of the year. Seniors, are you out there?
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