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Schwartz leads House letter to Obama against Social Security cuts
Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) and 116 other House Democrats on Wednesday sent President Obama a letter urging him to drop cuts to Social Security and veterans benefits from his budget due out March 4.
They told Obama he should abandon efforts to cut a fiscal deal with the GOP because the party is not willing to raise taxes. “Your Budget for Fiscal Year 2014 proposed a comprehensive $1.8 trillion deficit reduction package that sought to replace sequestration and reflected the compromise you offered to House Speaker John Boehner in December 2012 ...Read More