John,

I wanted to be sure you saw this: House Republicans are moving forward with their bill to create a closed-door, fast-tracked commission to slash Social Security and Medicare.

We’ve been sounding the alarm that this could happen―and now that it’s here, we need to redouble our efforts.

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Alex Lawson
Social Security Works

-- MICHAEL'S EMAIL --

John,

We just got confirmation that the House of Representatives will take the next step with their Fiscal Commission Act―holding a public markup hearing next Thursday.

This bill would create a special, secret commission that would have the power to meet behind closed doors, decide on cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and fast-track those cuts through Congress. It is extremely dangerous.

Social Security Works has been mobilizing for months to make sure that every member of Congress knows: A vote for a fiscal commission is a vote to cut Social Security and Medicare.

We’ve got just a few days to get every member of Congress to oppose this bill publicly. Can you rush a $5 donation to supercharge our lobbying efforts?

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Thanks to our efforts, more than half of the Democrats in the House have pledged to oppose this commission.¹ The Biden White House has accurately described a commission like this as a “death panel for Medicare and Social Security.”²

But Republican Speaker Mike Johnson used his very first speech after claiming the gavel to call for the “immediate” creation of such a commission. His top lieutenants have publicly floated attaching it to must-pass government funding bills moving through Congress this month, forcing Democrats to accept Social Security cuts if they want to keep the government open.

We can stop these benefit cuts. But we have to act NOW. Rush a donation to save Social Security from Republicans like Mike Johnson!

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Michael Phelan
Social Security Works

¹ https://larson.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/larson.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/pdfresizer.com-pdf-resize.pdf
² https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-06/white-house-slams-gop-entitlement-commission-as-death-panel