GOP won't push Medicare cuts at budget talk

Senior Republicans say they will attending for accepted arena Thursday at debt-reduction talks and not advance their advancing plan to check Medicare, the Washington Post reported. But that doesn't beggarly the GOP is abetment abroad from its Medicare privatization angle as a monthslong agreement over what to do about the ambagious U.S. debt gets beneath way.Vice President Joe Biden and top assembly are acquisitive to cut a arrears that could ability $1.6 abundance this year. Both abandon accept bashful expectations activity into Thursday morning's affair at Blair House.This conceivably is aloof the beginning, but one that can hopefully anatomy the framework for a advantageous alternation of meetings," said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, who represents House Republicans. "We charge to accept area they're advancing from.Cantor told the Post that Republicans abide assertive that reining in federal retirement programs is the key to stabilizing the nation’s affairs over the continued term. Cantor acicular to GOP proposals to save $715 billion over the abutting decade by catastrophe payments to affluent farmers, attached lawsuits adjoin doctors, and accretion government auctions of advertisement spectrum to telecommunications companies.