GOP senator: ‘Vast majority’ want ‘a different direction’ than Rick Scott on Social Security
Most Republicans don’t agree with Sen. Rick Scott‘s plan to sunset programs including Medicare and Social Security, Sen. Mike Rounds said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” even as he left the door open to other changes.
“The vast majority of us would say that we prefer to look at it in a different direction, one of managing it, as opposed to a discussion about having everything start over again,” Rounds said.
At the same time, the South Dakota Republican said he thinks of those vast programs similarly to defense spending, which Congress needs to pass every year.
“We’re never going to not fund defense. But at the same time we — every single year, we look at how we make it better,” Rounds...
