Sources: House Dems Stunned By White House Debt Proposal, Read Obama The Riot Act | Talking Points Memo

Multiple senior House Democratic aides tell TPM that caucus members were caught off guard by news stories about President Obama’s push for deeper deficit and spending reductions — and particularly about the White House’s willingness to cut Social Security as part of a grand bargain to raise the debt limit.


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