Under fire, Rick Scott changes plan to exempt Social Security, Medicare from sunsetting

Sen. Rick Scott amends ‘Rescue America’ plan to exempt Social Security, Medicare from chopping block

Sen. Rick Scott has revised his plan to overhaul the federal budget to exclude automatic sunsets for Social Security and Medicare from the proposal.

Rick Scott updates sunset plan to exclude Social Security and Medicare

Scott amended his Rescue America plan on Friday to exclude Social Security, Medicare, national security, veterans' benefits, and other essential services from his proposal to sunset federal programs every five years and force Congress to pass legislation to reauthorize them.

Senator Rick Scott abandons the plan to cut Social Security and Medicare

Republican Senator Rick Scott received so much criticism of his 12-point plan that proposed imposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare that he decided to change it.

'Never intended' to sunset Social Security, Sen. Rick Scott says amid Biden criticism

Sen. Rick Scott updated his controversial proposal to sunset federal programs every five years Friday after criticism from both sides of the aisle.

Sen. Rick Scott alters policy plan causing heartburn for GOP

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) unveiled his original plan last year when serving as chair of the campaign committee for Senate Republicans.

'Complete caving': Rick Scott roasted after walking back his own plan to sunset Social Security

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) has admitted defeat on his controversial "Rescue America" plan which would sunset Social Security and Medicare — a sign that even his own party is tired of his presence as a thorn in their side and a liability, explained CNN political director David Chalian on "The Situation Room" Friday.While Scott's plan didn't explicitly call for cutting the massively popular and important Social Security and Medicare entitlement progra…