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Social Security
Republicans Have Wanted To Cut Medicare And Social Security For Decades
This is not a new development.
By | February 11, 2023 8:59 a.m.
McConnell Again Pummels Rick Scott Over His Push To Sunset Social Security
By | February 10, 2023 11:40 a.m.
Biden Uses Republican Heckling To Publicly Strong-Arm Them Into Dropping Demands For Medicare, Social Security Cuts
By | February 8, 2023 12:01 a.m.
McCarthy Now Seems To Say Social Security And Medicare Cuts Are ‘Off The Table’ In Debt Ceiling Negotiations
By | January 30, 2023 9:20 a.m.
Republicans Lean In To Threat Of Holding Debt Ceiling Hostage In Exchange For Social Security Cuts
By | November 30, 2022 10:41 a.m.
Biden Vows He ‘Will Not Yield’ To GOP’s Debt-Ceiling Extortion On Medicare And Social Security
But he also condemned repealing the debt ceiling altogether as “irresponsible.”
By | October 21, 2022 1:08 p.m.
McCarthy Tries To Muddy Waters Around Republican Plan For Taking Debt Ceiling Hostage
By | October 20, 2022 11:20 a.m.
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By | July 13, 2021 11:17 a.m.
Biden Fires Trump-era Social Security Commissioner
By | July 9, 2021 5:22 p.m.
Report: Medicare And Social Security Are Heading Toward Insolvency
By
ANDREW TAYLOR
| April 22, 2019 12:37 p.m.
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