As chair of the Republican Study Committee, Mike Johnson suggested slashing the programs should be Congress’s priority.
Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson watches as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries delivers remarks after Johnson was elected as the new speaker at the U.S. Capitol on October 25, 2023, in Washington, D.C.During his tenure as chair of the Republican Study Committee between 2019 and 2021, Rep.
Johnson’s positions on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are in no way out of step with the overwhelming majority of the House Republican caucus.The RSC, which is comprised of three-quarters of the House GOP caucus, also proposed turning Medicare into a voucher program and’s journalists have worked tirelessly to give our readers the news they need to understand and take action in an increasingly complex world.
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