Factbox: U.S. House Republicans' many proposals for spending cuts in debt-ceiling debate

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Social Security accounted for 17% of federal spending in the 2021 fiscal year, while Medicare accounted for 13%, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
48% : Chip Roy, a leader of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, has called for keeping defense spending at current levels and cutting non-defense spending to $661 billion, the level in place in the 2019 fiscal year.
39% : Here are a few proposals Republicans have floated ahead of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's Wednesday meeting with Democratic President Joe Biden:McCarthy has said that Republicans will not try to scale back the two largest benefit programs: Social Security, which provides payments to retirees and the disabled; and Medicare, the health insurance program for seniors.
39% : Republicans have traditionally supported robust military spending, and some House lawmakers including Kay Granger and Tom Cole, the heads of the powerful Appropriations and Rules committees, have said that defense cuts should be off the table.

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