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Wisconsin’s progressive senator Tammy Baldwin fears a shutdown will persist with terrible results.
The Republican majority leader was booed and heckled, and his choice for committee chairman lost.
The Tea Party have their eyes on Medicare and Medicaid.
The House Tea Party threatens to cut Social Security & Medicare.
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Any efforts to reduce the deficit through mandatory spending would likely be controversial, particularly in an election year, because of the effect on popular entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security. Price has not said how deficit reduction would be achieved, except that the savings would come from mandatory programs.
via The Hill.
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The House Tea Party threatens to cut #Social Security & Medicare.
The latest proposal unveiled Thursday would allow members to vote on a stand alone measure that would cut $30 billion from mandatory spending programs like food stamps, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid before moving on to a separate vote on a budget that maintains the 2015 deal to increase overall spending to $1.07 trillion for the annual appropriations bills.
via Washington Post.
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WASHINGTON – A food stamp cut that took effect this month will negate cost-of-living adjustments to Social Security benefits for some retirees and disabled Americans.
Budget cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps, will leave 47 million Americans to survive off of an average of $4.20 for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
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