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The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.

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Mitch McConnell
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: February 20
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We all know that Social Security is one of this country's greatest success stories in the 20th century.
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I'm really proud of this Supreme Court and the way they've been dealing with the issue of First Amendment political speech.
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The money that goes into Social Security is not the government's money. it's your money. You paid for it.
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