WATCH LIVE: Biden introduces his budget proposal in Philadelphia
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President Joe Biden is discussing his budget proposal and priorities for the year during a speech in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The budget proposal is Biden’s first since Republicans took the majority in the House of Representatives after last year’s elections.
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Shalanda Young, director of the Office of Management and Budget, outlined “strengthening and protecting” Social Security and Medicare and “reducing the deficit by $2 trillion over the next 10 years” as two of the focuses of the budget in a video posted last week.
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Biden has made protections for Social Security and Medicare a key part of his pitch for spending plans, despite not being contested by House Republicans. The House GOP has pushed for a “balanced budget” and spending cuts, but leaders say they are waiting for Biden to release his budget proposal before publishing their counterproposal.