How Social Security and Medicare became the latest battleground in Biden's showdown with the GOP
from the GOP that ended in applause when Biden said both parties are in agreement to preserve the programs.
Since then, though, Biden has only increased his attacks on the GOP for looking to cut, or weaken, the two programs — and Democratic lawmakers are nervous Republicans won't stand by their word. New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "Until Republicans actually show us their plan, we simply can't take them at their word that Social Security and Medicare won't be touched because their record clearly shows over the past few years that many of them are open to doing just that," Schumer said. The receipts kept coming once Republicans claimed they never proposed cuts to Social Security and Medicare. A White House
And the Republican Study Committee's budget last year that included raising the eligibility ages for the programs and privatizing funding for Social Security.
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