Press Release: Co-Chairs Raúl M. Grijalva and Keith Ellison & Budget Task Force Chair Michael Honda Blast Republican Plan to End Medicare

Congressional Progressive Caucus - By walking away from every negotiation – from the Deficit Commission to the Biden Commission to direct talks with the President – Republicans have made it clear that they place politics above responsibly solving the country’s budget challenges. Now they have introduced their extreme “Cut, Cap and Balance” proposal. This bill would dramatically cut our country’s most critical investments, including Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.  It would also cut funding for public education, Pell grants, repairing roads, bridges and waterways, and disaster relief.  Read More.