U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch Calls for Raise on Social Security Tax Income Cap
QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — U.S. Rep. and Democratic senatorial candidate Stephen Lynch says the income cap on Social Security contributions should be raised at a faster pace to help keep the retirement...
View ArticleCongressional Corner with Bernie Sanders
The debate over Social Security now includes the phrase “Chained CPI.”In today’s Congressional Corner, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that benefit programs like Social...
View ArticleCongressional Corner with Sean Patrick Maloney
Social Security and Medicare are part of an ongoing budget debate in Washington.In today’s Congressional Corner, New York Representative Sean Patrick Maloney tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that the...
View ArticleNY Congressman To Hold Telephone Town Hall With Senior Citizens
A New York congressman Wednesday morning is holding a telephone town hall focused on issues affecting senior citizens.
View ArticleSanders Promises To Defend Social Security
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who represents the Democrats on the Budget Committee, is vowing to fight efforts by Republicans to prevent money dedicated to paying retirement benefits from being...
View ArticleConversation With Social Security Advocate About New House Rule
In one of its first actions the new House of Representatives voted to approve a rule that blocks the transfer of funds from the Social Security’s larger retirement and survivors’ trust fund to the...
View ArticleNY Congresswoman To Celebrate Social Security Anniversary
A New York congresswoman will join with senior citizens in Westchester County Saturday afternoon to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Social Security.Congresswoman Nita Lowey, the ranking Democrat on...
View ArticleWhy Social Security Isn’t Going Broke And How Expanding It Will Help Us All
A growing chorus of prominent voices in Congress and elsewhere are calling for the expansion of our Social Security system—people who know that Social Security will not “go broke” and does not add a...
View ArticleSanders Decries Proposed Budget Cuts
During a budget committee hearing on Wednesday ranking member Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders railed at business leaders who are suggesting program cuts for the poor to help balance the budget.
View ArticlePaid Family Leave Moves Forward
Family leave for New Yorkers, and possibly all American workers, is getting closer to becoming a reality. The idea is being embraced by state legislators and by one of New York's representatives in...
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