President Obama and others in his administration have said they cannot guarantee Social Security checks will be sent after August 2 if a debt limit increase is not achieved. Florida Rep. Daniel Webster is looking to eliminate that uncertainty by offering the ‘Prioritize Spending Act’ in the event the debt limit is exceeded. What would his bill do? How worried are his older constituents about the Social Security uncertainty? And what must be part of any bill to raise the debt limit before Rep. Webster will support it?
