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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSen. Wyden says Romney is 'talking nonsense' about Wyden's Medicare work with Paul Ryan
It didn't take long for Republican Mitt Romney to make a big deal out of the Medicare policy collaboration between his new running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.
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Wyden fired back Saturday evening that Romney is "talking nonsense."
Added the Oregon senator:
Bipartisanship requires that you not make up the facts. I did not co-lead a piece of legislation. I wrote a policy paper on options for Medicare. Several months after the paper came out I spoke and voted against the Medicare provisions in the Ryan budget. Governor Romney needs to learn you don't protect seniors by makings things up, and his comments today sure won't help promote real bipartisanship.
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highplainsdem
(49,041 posts)horseshoecrab
(944 posts)Thanks for posting this!
Scuba
(53,475 posts)RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)Such liars these Repukes.
thecrow
(5,519 posts)The Magistrate
(95,255 posts)That is what he should have done; you can no more co-operate or collaborate with these people than you can with a Communist party.
"Romney loves America like a tick loves a dog."
cali
(114,904 posts)http://budget.house.gov/uploadedfiles/wydenryan.pdf
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70459.html
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/12/15/143782004/wyden-ryan-medicare-plan-shakes-up-politics-more-than-policy
bbgrunt
(5,281 posts)issue.....the nose under the tent.
So called Dems who are willing to compromise SS and Medicare should be given NO encouragement or passes.
ananda
(28,877 posts)People tools. That's what all politicians should be.