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   Senate Covid-19 Talks: GOP 'Plot To Gut Social Security Behind Closed Doors'   
      
   A proposal by Sen. Mitt Romney to establish congressional committees   
   with the specific goal of crafting legislative "solutions" for America's   
   federal trust fund programs has reportedly resurfaced in GOP talks over   
   the next Covid-19 stimulus package, sparking alarm among progressive   
   advocates who warn the Utah Republican's bill is nothing but a stealth   
   attack on Social Security and Medicare.   
      
   Politico's Burgess Everett reported Wednesday that Romney's TRUST Act,   
   first introduced last October with the backing of a bipartisan group of   
   senators, "is getting a positive reception from Senate Republicans" in   
   coronavirus relief discussions, which are still in their early stages.   
   The legislation, Everett noted, "could become part of the mix" for the   
   next Covid-19 stimulus as Republicans once again claim to be concerned   
   about the growing budget deficit.   
      
   During his 2012 presidential run, Romney proposed raising the Social   
   Security retirement age and privatizing Medicare. Romney's running mate,   
   former House Speaker Paul Ryan, was long considered the poster child for   
   Republican efforts to gut what's left of America's social safety net.   
      
   Romney's bill was endorsed by former Republican Sen. Alan Simpson and   
   former Clinton Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, the leaders of the   
   notorious Obama-era commission that—among other sweeping   
   changes—recommended raising Social Security's eligibility age and   
   slashing benefits.   
      
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