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John, we’re less than 48 hours from a government shutdown. But Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his caucus of MAGA extremists are still playing games with our lives.
This morning, McCarthy’s Republicans released a Continuing Resolution that would keep the government open through October, at the cost of a “fiscal commission” designed to fast-track cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and other government programs.
That’s right―31 days of government funding in exchange for permanent benefit cuts.
Republicans are so dead-set on forcing cuts to Social Security and Medicare that they’re willing to shut down the government to get them. Donate $7 to fight back!
McCarthy’s commission is designed to subvert the will of the American people by fast-tracking cuts to Social Security and Medicare behind closed doors. It is an affront to democracy: Tellingly, the Continuing Resolution specifies that Congress will vote on the commission’s recommendations ‘no earlier than November 6th, 2024’ — the day after the next election!
The commission’s recommendations will have priority over other legislative business. They can’t be amended or slowed down. This commission is designed to allow incumbents to avoid political accountability in the upcoming election for their support of drastic cuts to Americans’ earned benefits — and then vote in the lame-duck Congress to force those cuts down the American people’s throats.
That’s the price Republicans are demanding in return for keeping the government open for all of 31 days.
There is nothing bipartisan about this commission. Eighty-three percent of Democrats, 73 percent of independents, and 73 percent of Republicans want to expand Social Security and pay for it by making the wealthy contribute their fair share. That’s the real ‘bipartisan solution’ — but Republican politicians refuse to support it. In fact, the bill explicitly states that the only way Congress could get out of voting on the commission’s recommendations is if the commission recommends raising taxes. This isn’t about the deficit―it’s about providing cover for an extremist agenda!
Earlier this year, the White House accurately labeled this type of commission a ‘death panel’ for Social Security and Medicare. Today, the Biden Administration is continuing to call out this commission for what it is — a plot to steal the American people’s earned Social Security and Medicare benefits. Every single Democrat in the House and Senate should do the same.
Any member that votes for this Continuing Resolution is voting to cut Social Security and Medicare.
Everything we’re hearing suggests that this particular bill is DOA in the Senate―but that the fiscal commission is very much in the mix for whatever solution keeps the government open.
Social Security Works was founded to fight a fiscal commission dead-set on cutting Social Security. We’ve won before, and if we have to beat this one, we’ll win again.
The best way to beat a commission to destroy Social Security is to stop it from being formed. Chip in $7 today!
Thanks,
Michael Phelan
Social Security Works
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