As part of the debt ceiling agreement passed by Congress, a bi-partisan committee of six House members and six Senators will take up further budget cuts when they return to Washington in September. The committee has to come up with one point five trillion dollars in cuts, which can only be voted up or down by both houses. South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi Noem says at this point, Social Security should not be on the table…
Noem says while not every member was happy with the final agreement, it was the best that could be done at the time…
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