GOP Committee Backs Social Security and Medicare Cuts, Drawing Fire from Democrats and Advocates
• House GOP budget committee passes resolution supporting fiscal commission to cut Social Security and Medicare • Democrats blast "death panel" commission as backward, extreme, and selling out families to benefit corporations & rich • Resolution advances despite Biden's opposition and ahead of his State of the Union speech criticizing GOP plan • Social Security advocacy groups slam commission as a secretive way to slash earned benefits and help the "billionaire class" • Advocates say GOP should reduce debt by letting Trump tax cuts expire, not by cutting seniors' benefits