Lindsey Graham presidential campaign, 2016/Federal assistance programs
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 Lindsey Graham |
U.S. Senator (Assumed office: 2003) U.S. House of Representatives (1995-2003) |
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- In an op-ed for CNBC on October 15, 2015, Lindsey Graham explained how he would prevent “the coming debt crisis.” Graham’s plan included raising the retirement age for Social Security, eliminating the payroll tax and “expanding rehabilitation and work opportunities for those on disability.” He would also cap individual and corporate tax deductions and require that “[a]ny new revenues would have to be paired with spending cuts in a 3:1 ratio of cuts to revenues.”[2]
- In 2013, Lindsey Graham voted for S.954 - the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, which, among other things, made cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.[3]
- Graham co-sponsored S.2196 - the Congressional Health Care for Seniors Act of 2012, which proposed allowing those who qualify for Medicare to enroll in the Federal Employee Health Benefit program.[4]
- In 2011, Graham sponsored S.804, a bill to increase the age to receive Social Security benefits to 70 in graduated stages.[5]
- In 2003, Graham voted against H.R.1 - the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, which provides a prescription drug benefit to those on Medicare. It became law on December 8, 2003.[6] Graham commented on the legislation saying, "Medicare is already scheduled to go bankrupt. Reform of the Medicare system and adding a prescription drug benefit were supposed to go hand-in-hand. Instead of sticking with that approach, we went 180 degrees the other way by adding a costly new benefit and dropping reform."[7]
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- ↑ NPR, "Lindsey Graham Ends Presidential Bid," December 21, 2015
- ↑ CNBC, "What I'll do to fix the debt crisis," October 15, 2015
- ↑ Congress.gov, “S.954 - Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013,” accessed January 15, 2015
- ↑ Congress.gov, “S.2196 - the Congressional Health Care for Seniors Act of 2012,” accessed January 22, 2015
- ↑ Congress.gov, “S.804 - Social Security Solvency and Sustainability Act,” accessed January 22, 2015
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.1 - Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003," accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ LindseyGraham.com, “Economic Issues,” accessed January 27, 2015
