"What the Republicans are saying -- that this won't affect seniors now, that the cuts are all off in future years -- is flat-out false," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said Thursday at a Capitol news conference. With the Senate poised to vote on the Ryan budget plan next week, Thursday's news conference was the latest salvo in the ongoing battle over Medicare. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.