Posted 10/12/2023, 6:28:00 PM
White House Blasts House GOP Over Social Security and Medicare Cuts Amid Speakership Fight
- White House accused House Republicans of prioritizing cuts to Social Security and Medicare amid Speakership fight
- Comes after reporting that Reps. Jodey Arrington and Steve Scalise support forming commission to address debt including entitlement programs
- Scalise narrowly defeated Rep. Jim Jordan to become GOP Speaker nominee but lacks majority support
- Biden has vowed to veto any cuts to Social Security and Medicare and often hits GOP over entitlement views
- Cited Rick Scott proposal to sunset federal programs like Social Security and Medicare every 5 years
