#Seven issues that will define the 2024 election

#Seven issues that will define the 2024 election

Seven issues that will define the 2024 election A handful of issues are emerging as possible flashpoints in the 2024 election as Republicans and Democrats look to finetune their messaging ahead of a consequential presidential election. President Biden sparred with conservatives over Social Security and Medicare during his annual State of the Union address, engaging…

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#Rick Scott Social Security, Medicare bill announced

#Rick Scott Social Security, Medicare bill announced

Rick Scott Social Security, Medicare bill announced Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) announced a new bill on Friday to increase funding for Social Security and Medicare and institute a higher standard for making cuts to the entitlement programs, following President Biden’s pointed accusations during his annual address before Congress on Tuesday. “I have been fighting since…

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#Biden once offered bill similar to Scott plan

#Biden once offered bill similar to Scott plan

Biden once offered bill similar to Scott plan President Biden as a first-term senator in 1975 introduced a bill that would have limited budget authority for all federal programs to between four and six years, which experts say would have required new legislation to fund Medicare, Social Security and other federal programs.  The Biden measure bore striking…

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#Schumer: Biden ‘rope-a-doped’ Republicans into ‘trap’ on Social Security, Medicare

#Schumer: Biden ‘rope-a-doped’ Republicans into ‘trap’ on Social Security, Medicare

Schumer: Biden ‘rope-a-doped’ Republicans into ‘trap’ on Social Security, Medicare Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday praised President Biden over his back-and-forth with Republicans on Social Security and Medicare during the State of the Union address one night earlier, saying that they walked into a “trap” he laid for them. “Joe Biden was…

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#McCarthy: ‘We won’t touch Medicare or Social Security’

#McCarthy: ‘We won’t touch Medicare or Social Security’

McCarthy: ‘We won’t touch Medicare or Social Security’ Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Thursday that House Republicans will not target Medicare or Social Security in their negotiations over the debt ceiling. “We won’t touch Medicare or Social Security,” he told Donald Trump Jr. in an interview in the Speaker’s office for Trump’s “Triggered” podcast….

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