Republicans have proposed two concrete changes to entitlement programs: Raising the Medicare eligibility age and moving to a chained CPI for Social Security. Neither have gone over well with liberals.
Now that the election's over, Republicans in blue states are talking about changing the way the electoral college awards its votes. Many of these proposals would have taken votes away from Obama in 2012.
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Many Hill Republicans have convinced themselves that they'll have more leverage if they let the country topple over the cliff and then restart negotiations with the debt ceiling looming in the background.
Unless Congress extends the federal unemployment program, two million Americans are set to lose their jobless benefits in December. Another one million Americans are expected see their benefits disappear by April.
Republicans in the fiscal cliff negotiations want to raise the Medicare eligibility age. The White House is open to it in the context of a large enough deal. Here's what you need to know on the policy.