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    New Campaign Aims to Fight Off GOP Threats to Social Security and Medicare

    "Democrats were elected on the promise that they would defend Social Security against Republican attacks. Now is the moment of the truth."

    Jake Johnson
    Jan 30, 2023

    A coalition of progressive advocacy groups on Monday launched a campaign urging every member of Congress to pledge to "never vote to cut Social Security or Medicare under any circumstances," an effort that comes as House Republicans are weighing attacks on the two programs as part of their sweeping austerity spree.

    Led by Social Security Works and More Perfect Union, the new campaign highlights the massive stakes of the ongoing showdown over the U.S. debt ceiling, which House Republicans have said they will refuse to raise unless congressional Democrats and the Biden White House agree to major federal spending cuts—including damaging changes to Social Security and Medicare.

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    Social Security Is a Sacred Contract—Not Something To Be Trifled With

    Let this be a warning to the Republican Party and any lawmaker who dare attack this life-saving program.

    Tom Conway
    Jan 30, 2023

    Cliff Carlton was the 10th of 11 children and one of three still living at home when his father, a coal miner, died unexpectedly at 67.

    Only his dad’s Social Security benefits, along with vegetables from the family’s small farm in southwestern Virginia, kept the household afloat during the lean years that followed.

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    Members and supporters of the American Federation of Government Employees participate in a protest on February 11, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

    Federal Workers Union Says Biden Right Not to Negotiate With GOP Over Debt Ceiling

    "The debt limit must be cleanly raised to avoid default and ensure the continuation of funding for the government and critical programs," the AFGE president told lawmakers.

    Kenny Stancil
    Jan 25, 2023

    The largest union of federal workers in the U.S. urged Congress this week to raise the debt ceiling without mandating reductions in social spending, arguing that President Joe Biden is right to reject the GOP's attempt to use the nation's borrowing limit as leverage to force through devastating cuts.

    "The debt limit must be cleanly raised to avoid default and ensure the continuation of funding for the government and critical programs like Social Security, Medicare, veterans' benefits, and the U.S. military," Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), wrote in a letter sent to every member of Congress on Monday. "No negotiation that puts these programs or any aspect of federal employee compensation at risk should be considered."

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