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May 10th, 1985. Senator Bob Dole proposes that Congress cut future Social Security benefits, but the Senate deadlocks. Vice President George Bush travels to Capitol Hill and casts the deciding vote to cut Social Security. Determined to block this cut, Jack Kemp rushes to the White House and persuades President Reagan to stop this plan to cut Social Security. Social Security is preserved. Jack Kemp. If he wins, we all win.

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