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6 October
10:18 pm

three billion dollars in cuts that we're gonna be — what she brought back is a pittance to what we're losing in this state

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Troy Jackson, at Maine U.S. Senate General Election Debate 1 (WGME)

10:18 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific dollar figure of $3 billion in cuts claimed for Maine — verifiable against the actual legislation's impact projections
What we foundThe $3 billion figure is real but refers to a 10-year projected impact of one specific Medicaid financing provision, not an immediate or total cut, and comparing it to Collins' earmarks conflates categorically different types of federal spending.
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