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“ Senate Democrats are urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to refuse to go along with the House GOP’s plan to force a battle over Social Security in the next two years.
In a letter sent Monday to McConnell, a group of Democrats... — *Senate Democrats are urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to refuse to go along with the House GOP’s plan to force a battle over Social Security in the next two years.*
In a letter sent Monday to McConnell, a group of Democrats called the Republican ploy “audacious.” The House adopted a rule last week that will prevent the routine transfer of tax revenue between the retirement and disability funds, upping the chances of a crisis for the latter in late 2016.
via Talking Points Memo.
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“This provision would make it more difficult to simply rebalance the two funds as has been successfully done 11 times in the past (reallocations have been made in each direction between the two funds) – forcing benefit cuts or tax increases to the Social Security program.”

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“ “With a little-noticed proposal, Republicans took aim at Social Security on the very first day of the 114th Congress.
The incoming GOP majority approved late Tuesday a new rule that experts say could provoke an unprecedented crisis that... — “With a little-noticed proposal, Republicans took aim at Social Security on the very first day of the 114th Congress.
The incoming GOP majority approved late Tuesday a new rule that experts say could provoke an unprecedented crisis that conservatives could use as leverage in upcoming debates over entitlement reform.”
via Talking Points Memo.
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“Changing the rules of the game to target Social Security in the very first hours of a new Congress sends a clear message to seniors, people with disabilities, survivors and their families – a message that certainly wasn’t shared with voters before Election Day – American families who count on Social Security in any way should beware.”

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What’s a bigger priority for Republicans to attack even than Obamacare? Social Security. They proved it Tuesday when they included a new rule in their rules package governing the 114th Congress that will prevent it from authorizing what has been routine reallocations of funds between the two Social Security programs, the retirement fund and the disability program.

via Daily Kos.

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They Never Learn. The GOP Threatens Cut Social Security & Medicare or Else

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has started budget and debt ceiling talks with the GOP’s favorite attack…cut Social Security or Medicare or else ______ (fill in the blank to fit the debate of the day). This time it’s… “or else we’ll shutdown the government.”

via Entitled to Know.

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Social Security and the U.S. deficit: Separating fact from fiction

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, recently pointed to “entitlements” as the key cause of rising federal deficits, and blamed Democrats for refusing to go along with proposals to cut spending by Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
McConnell was responding to a report from the U.S. Department of the Treasury last month that the budget deficit grew to $779 billion in fiscal 2018, the highest in six years. Treasury attributed the increase to the tax cuts contained in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), higher spending and rising interest payments.
The call for cuts to our very popular entitlement programs just before an election makes for surprising politics - and it is not selling well with the public; a poll this week by NPR, PBS NewsHour and Marist (bit.ly/2zewazj) found that 60 percent of Americans would prefer to reverse the tax cuts than cut spending on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
via Reuters.

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In fact, tax expenditures – especially the Trump/GOP tax cuts – are the number one drivers of the debt, not Social Security or Medicare. Social Security is self-funded and does not contribute to the debt. The same goes for Medicare Part A.

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Tomorrow, we celebrate the first Social Security check being issued to Ida May Fuller! Though, with the new 114th Congress, the program is at risk for benefit cuts.
Please sign our petition and tell Congress to BOOST Social Security benefits, not cut... — Tomorrow, we celebrate the first Social Security check being issued to Ida May Fuller! Though, with the new 114th Congress, the program is at risk for benefit cuts.
Please sign our petition and tell Congress to BOOST Social Security benefits, not cut them:
www.thetruthnow.org/Petition

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“ In one of its first actions, the Republican House of Representatives of the 114th Congress, changed its rules to manufacture a Social Security crisis.
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Social Security Targeted on Day One of New Congress. — *In one of its first actions, the Republican House of Representatives of the 114th Congress, changed its rules to manufacture a Social Security crisis.*
via Salon // AlterNet.
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Mitch McConnell Reminds Everyone He Tried to Privatize Social Security

With less than two weeks to go in the Kentucky Senate race, minority leader Mitch McConnell made the unusual choice to bring up his past support for privatizing Social Security. In a speech before the Louisville Rotary Club, McConnell recalled how hard he worked to get then-President George W. Bush’s plan through Congress in 2005.

Now he won’t share his plans for Social Security…

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“All Washington seems to be buzzing this week over a single question: Is Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) deliberately trying to throw the election to the Democrats?
At the root of the debate are interviews the Senate majority leader gave to Bloomberg... — All Washington seems to be buzzing this week over a single question: Is Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) deliberately trying to throw the election to the Democrats?
At the root of the debate are interviews the Senate majority leader gave to Bloomberg and Reuters on Tuesday and Wednesday. McConnell identified “entitlements” — that’s Washington code for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid — as “the real drivers of the debt” and called for them to be adjusted “to the demographics of the future.”
via Los Angeles Times.
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On day one of the 114th Congress, the House majority made clear they are willing to undermine the social insurance safety net.

Max Richtman (President of the National Committee) on a Press call with Members of Congress.