Republicans took Social Security and Medicare reform off the table in negotiations with Joe Biden to raise the debt ceiling. Now they re bringing them back.
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“This isn’t chaos; this is a constitutional Republic at work,” said far right Representative Lauren Boebert. “This is actually a really beautiful thing, to be here with all of my colleagues debating.”