De Omnibus Dubitandum - Lux Veritas
From Patriot Update
Rangel falsely claims no Republicans voted for Social
Security Lawmakers had to pause for a fact check about a
78-year-old law during a hearing that was supposed to be about ObamaCare, after
Rep. Charles Rangel made the -- inaccurate -- claim that no Republicans
supported the Social Security Act. The
New York Democrat made the assertion Tuesday while railing against Republicans
for opposing the health care law. It was during a House hearing where Marilyn
Tavenner, head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, was
testifying. "It should give you
some small comfort to know that, historically, the Republican Party always
fought vigorously against these types of programs," Rangel said. "I
don't think that one Republican voted for the Social Security Act."
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp,
R-Mich., shot back: "That's not accurate." It
wasn't. In
fact, the 1935 law establishing Social Security passed out of the House
with the support of 81 Republicans. Just 15 opposed it. On the Senate side, 16
Republicans voted for it, and five voted against. Rep.
Kevin Brady, R-Texas, tried to correct the record on the "blast from the
past," but then Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., stepped in to help Rangel
clarify......
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