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Mark Pocan: “The largest caucus on the Republican side in the House has a…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Mark Pocan Discusses Impact of Proposed Health Care and Social Program Cuts in Wisconsin Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 45:22

We know that the largest caucus on the Republican side in the House is the. The leadership. Oh, I'm sorry, what's the name of it now? Study group. Public study group. Anyway, The largest caucus on the Republican side in the House has a stated policy of raising the retirement age to 70. We know that Trump, during the State of the Union speech, spent a lot of time repeating an outright lie about people getting false Social Security checks. (45:22–45:29)

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Asserts that a major Republican caucus supports increasing the retirement age to 70.

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