Senate rejects GOP budget plan that would overhaul Medicare

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Politics News Alert: Senate rejects GOP budget plan that would overhaul Medicare

May 25, 2011 6:02:44 PM

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The Senate voted 57 to 40 against GOP Rep. Paul Ryan's 2012 budget proposal, with all but five Republicans supporting the spending plan. The vote comes a day after Republicans lost a special congressional election in New York that was dominated by debate over the Ryan proposal, an election that underscored the political peril in the GOP plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program.

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