Do Wisconsin Republicans in Congress agree to cut Social Security and Medicare.

MADISON, Wis. – A group representing the majority of U.S. House Republicans, including Wisconsin’s Scott Fitzgerald, Glenn Grothman, Bryan Steil, and Tom Tiffany, just released their proposed agenda for next year – and Wisconsinites aren’t going to like it. 

The plan, which gives a preview of what Republicans would try to do if they controlled Congress, includes cuts to Social Security and Medicare. Which raises the question: Do Wisconsin Republicans in Congress agree with these proposed cuts – or will they disavow their caucus’ agenda?

• Mother Jones: “A little-noticed budget document, the Blueprint to Save America, released in June by the Republican Study Committee, details the group’s priorities. Since nearly 75 percent of Republican House lawmakers are RSC members, these priorities are shared by a majority of the GOP caucus. The 122-page manifesto, containing a laundry list of longstanding conservative desires, calls for significantly reducing the size of America’s social safety net, drastically limiting abortion access nationwide, effectively throwing in the towel on combatting climate change, raising the age requirement to receive full Social Security benefits, cracking down on transgender rights, and making it easier for Americans to carry concealed weapons.”

• Mother Jones: “The RSC calls for raising the retirement age by three months per year through 2040, at that point the new age requirement to receive full Social Security benefits for people born after 1978 would be 70.”

“It’s a day ending in ‘Y,’ which means that Republican politicians are once again going after Wisconsinites’ hard-earned retirement benefits. The choice couldn’t be more clear: while Democrats remain laser-focused on lowering costs and protecting reproductive freedoms, Republican politicians continue to dole out ultra-MAGA agendas that strip away Wisconsinites’ benefits and access to health care,” said Democratic Party of Wisconsin Rapid Response Director Julia Hamelburg.

This proposal is just the latest threat to Social Security and Medicare from Republicans in Congress. Earlier this year, Rick Scott, the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, put forward a plan that was supported by RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel and other prominent Republicans that could put Wisconsinites’ Social Security and Medicare benefits on the chopping block.