Pelosi, Reid respond to Coburn, Lieberman Medicare slashing plan

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Daily Kos: Coburn, Lieberman cook up 'bipartisan' Medicare slashing plan

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The proposal is going over like a lead balloon among other Democrats, apparently. Dem Leader Nancy Pelosi released a statement calling the proposal "unacceptable."

"It is unfair to ask seniors to get less in benefits and wait longer to get onto Medicare—all while Republicans back tax breaks for Big Oil and corporations that ship American jobs overseas.

"Just like the Republican plan to end Medicare, this proposal is unacceptable, especially for struggling middle-class Americans."

And on the Senate side, "Durbin strongly criticized Lieberman-Coburn plan to raise Medicare premiums, retirement age," Roll Call's Steven Dennis tweets, and Majority Leader Harry Reid says it's a "bad idea," according to TMP's Brian Beutler. Hopefully the combined reaction of these powerful congressional Dems will tarnish some of the "bipartisan" luster the plan might have for Biden's budget negotiators.