Kathy Hochul To Democratic Colleagues: Don't Buckle On Medicare
WASHINGTON -- Within minutes of being sworn in to Congress on June 1, Rep. Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.) cast her first vote, registering her official opposition to Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget plan. The moment was fitting, considering that the special election in the heavily GOP district in upstate New York largely turned on her opposition to Ryan's plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program.

Obama Gets Pushback From Liberals on Medicare, Social Security Cuts
Liberal Democrats and the AARP, the powerful seniors lobby, said that any debt-ceiling deal that included Social Security and Medicare cuts is a nonstarter.