House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said the debt ceiling agreement is just "the first step" of the GOP's broader agenda.House Speaker Kevin McCarthy holds a news conference in the Rayburn Room at the U.S. Capitol on May 31, 2023, in Washington, D.C., after the House passed The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images After securing a debt ceiling agreement that caps federal spending and threatens food aid for hundreds of thousands of poor adults, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made clear Wednesday that Republicans are not finished targeting the nation's safety net programs - and signaled a coming effort by the GOP to slash Social Security and Medicare.
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