The Hill reports that John Boehner has proposed a non-aggression pact with Barack Obama over entitlements: ?Boehner has personally promised Obama that he will stand side by side with him to weather the strong political backlash expected from any proposal to cut entitlement costs.?
I?m interested to know whether this promise extends to existing legislation. After all, the Affordable Care Act makes significant cuts to Medicare and includes a slew of politically difficult policies meant to bring down costs in the program. But Republicans have mounted an overwhelming offensive against those cuts, and even introduced bills that would repeal the Medicare cost savings without repealing the rest of the health-care law.
And if it doesn?t extend to entitlement cuts like the ones contained in the Affordable Care Act, then what are the specific entitlement reforms it does extend to? Could Obama endorse a progressive Social Security reform plan like the Christian Weller has proposed and still enjoy Boehner?s zone of protection? Will Boehner stay the GOP?s hand if Obama?s proposals include tax increases? Or are the terms of this deal more restrictive than that?
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