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Lawmakers, progressives blast Obama's expected proposal to cut entitlements
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Apr 05, 2013 04:13pm |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| News Date | Friday, April 5, 2013 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Progressive groups and lawmakers, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), are blasting the Obama administration for cuts to Social Security and other programs expected to be unveiled in the president's budget next week.
One progressive group, Democracy for America, is threatening primary challenges to those Democrats who support the cuts.
Sanders said he is "terribly disappointed and will do everything in [his] power to block" a part of the proposal that would reduce cost-of-living increases for Social Security recipients by tying them to a more restrictive measure of inflation, known as "chained CPI."
“The Senate just last month went on record in opposition to the president’s approach. In poll after poll, the American people are overwhelmingly against cutting Social Security. And organizations representing a broad spectrum of millions of Americans from the AFL-CIO to the American Legion to AARP to NOW have urged the president not to make this terrible mistake," Sanders said in a statement. |
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