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It sounds like Rep.

by Josh Marshall
01.24.05 | 5:31 pm

It sounds like Rep. Mike Ross (D) Arkansas is another fiscally conservative Red State Democrat (a member of the ‘Blue Dog Coalition’) who is strongly opposed to President Bush’s Social Security phase-out plan and not afraid to say it.

Just one more Social Security Democrat.

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