Democrats are warning that Social Security and other federal benefit programs could face "drastic cuts" amid renewed efforts by Republicans to impose sweeping budget constraints. After the defeat of the Balanced Budget Amendment, Representative John B. Larson (CT-01) said it would have forced automatic reductions to key programs. "In a rare moment of honesty, Elon Musk admitted that Social Security and Medicare were the Trump Administration’s ‘key targets’ for cuts," Larson said in a statement