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Mark Pocan: “Two years later, we went to cut 10%, and we got 95 votes.”

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 1:11:19

… vote probably five years ago, give or take a year, to cut 1%, and we only got 70 people to vote with us on one of the appropriation processes. But Two years later, we went to cut 10%, and we got 95 votes. So I think there's a bit of a growing awareness. The real problem is it's seen as a jobs program, not that we're not holding them accountable. (1:11:19–1:11:25)

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Asserts that a subsequent vote to cut Pentagon spending by 10% received 95 votes.

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