Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is under consideration for a leadership position in the Senate Democratic caucus, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.
Senate Democrats will be holding their leadership elections Thursday morning. A source saw Warren coming out of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) office Wednesday.
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Today, Max Richtman (President and CEO of the National Committee) spoke at an event asking Congress to fully fund the Social Security Administration.
Speakers included: Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Bob Casey, Nancy Altman, and other advocates.
You can watch the full event by clicking here.
Following President Donald Trump’s false claim that Democrats are trying to cut Social Security, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Reps. John Larson (D-Conn.), Terri A. Sewell (D-Ala.) and Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) on announced the bicameral Expand Social Security Caucus, along with 16 senators and more than 130 House members.
“We are here today to say very loudly and very clearly that at a time when millions of seniors are trying to survive on $12,000 or $13,000 a year, our job is not to cut Social Security. Our job is to expand Social Security so that everyone in America can retire with dignity and respect,” Sanders said.
“Social Security is a lifeline for seniors and Americans with disabilities. We won’t let it be cut by one cent – and instead we will fight to expand it,” Warren said. “The rich and powerful have rigged our economy to make themselves richer, while working families face a massive retirement crisis. If this government really works for the people, it should protect and expand Social Security.”
via NJ Today.
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Congressional Caucuses Promise “Righteous Fight” to Expand Social Security.
- Members of the new caucuses promised a “righteous fight” to expand, not cut, Social Security – while demanding the wealthiest pay their fair share.
- “We’ll protect and expand Social Security for every American who has a right to it,” promised Congresswoman Dingell.
This week, the House GOP’s first order of business was to attack Social Security. They are doing their best to pit retirees vs. the disabled in an effort to cut Social Security benefits.
Read more here:
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/warren-the-gop-inventing-social-security-crisis
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Elizabeth Warren would like to send every senior citizen and disabled veteran in America a check for $580.
via Huffington Post.
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- Letter Endorsing Seniors and Veterans Emergency Benefits Act.
- While seniors are being squeezed, corporate CEO pay continues to
skyrocket. Average CEO pay among the top 350 firms was $16.3 million in
2014, and the 100 largest CEO retirement accounts are worth a combined
$4.9 billion according to new data from the Institute for Policy
Research and the Center for Effective Government.
Senate Democrats are spoiling for a fight with Republicans over Social Security, blasting House Republicans over the rule they adopted last week that will force a crisis in funding for the disability program in 2016. Congress has regularly allowed the Social Security program to reallocate funds between the retirement program and the disability program if one of the two was in danger of falling short. Last week’s new rule will prevent that transfer of funds, unless it is accompanied by some unspecified Social Security “reform.” Senate Democrats are gearing up for a big fight on this, and have put Senate Republicans on notice.
Republicans have signaled they want to force a fight over Social Security in the coming Congress and, almost immediately, Democrats have pulled out their big gun in the public debate over the program: privatization.
via Talking Points Memo.
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Will the President’s Commitment to Middle-Class Agenda Protect Social Security too?
A group of Democrats in the U.S. Senate came out against a rule Monday that blocks Congress from shifting Social Security funds to prevent a cut to disability insurance next year.
via Huffington Post.
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“This provision would make it more difficult to simply rebalance the two funds as has been successfully done 11 times in the past (reallocations have been made in each direction between the two funds) – forcing benefit cuts or tax increases to the Social Security program.”
Recently, we rallied with allies and Members of Congress to tell law makers to protect Social Security and Medicare. Watch the video above to hear some of the highlights!
“Social Security benefits are supposed to be indexed to inflation so that benefits rise when prices go up,” says a press release announcing Warren’s Seniors and Veterans Emergency Benefits Act. “But Congress’s formula is volatile and does a poor job of reflecting what older Americans actually spend.”
via Huffington Post.
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We believe there should be a better COLA which better measures seniors needs such as a CPI-E.
Seniors went to Capitol Hill earlier this month to tell Congress why their current #SocialSecurity benefits are inadequate. Boost Social Security Now! https://www.ncpssm.org/campaigns/boost-social-security-now/ @RepJohnLarson