Bachmann And Weiner Clash On Fox News Over Social Security, Debt (VIDEO)

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Reps. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) and Michele Bachmann (R-MN) faced off on Hannity last night, and unsurprisingly the debate was contentious and filled with salty quips.

In one characteristic exchange about Social Security, Bachmann said that “all the surplus in Social Security is a big vault stuffed with IOU notes, there’s not one dime sitting in there.”

Weiner shot back: “Are you surprised to learn, Congresswoman Bachmann, that we don’t have a room filled with dimes?”

Here’s part one:

Part two:

The two went head-to-head on Face The Nation over the weekend as well.

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