The Sanders bill gained 10 co-sponsors and triggered the start of a movement to strengthen Social Security; a movement that has grown steadily over the past few years, bringing together more members of Congress, along with opinion leaders, advocates, labor and consumer groups and, most importantly, the American public.
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Today, we held an event where we delivered 2 million signatures to the Senate!
We were joined by Senator Bernie Sanders and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. Both Senators stressed how important it is to protect and strengthen Social Security & Medicare for all beneficiaries.
Congress should be expanding Social Security benefits for seniors.
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Asking the wealthiest Americans to contribute more into Social Security, would not only extend the solvency of Social Security through 2060, it also would allow Social Security benefits to be expanded for millions of Americans.
Earlier this week, Members of Congress and allies met to discuss Social Security and the GOP Congress’ manufactured crisis.
“Seniors, I stand with you all the way [on Social Security].”
- Rep. Jan Schakowsky“We are in a crisis right now. A retirement crisis. Not a Social Security crisis.” - Rep. Jan Schakowsky
“Stop manufacturing a crisis with the Social Security disability trust fund.”
- Senator Bernie Sanders“This week anyone earning a million dollars a year will have paid 100% of their payroll taxes for 2015.”
- Max Richtman
Senator Bernie Sanders discusses the senior vote on MSNBC.
“Medicare and Social Security are not handouts. You’ve paid into these programs all your life. You’ve earned them.” - President Barack Obama
“The enemies of Social Security in Congress are making a very bad situation even worse [by proposing cuts to SSA’s operating budget.] They want to make it impossible to effectively administer the program, and ultimately want to destroy Social Security.”
-Senator Bernie Sanders
More about the Fully Fund Social Security Administration event can be found here.
We are keeping an eye out for what Presidential Candidates are saying about Social Security & Medicare. Today we concentrate on U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and his plans to boost Social Security.

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




![Earlier this week, Members of Congress and allies met to discuss Social Security and the GOP Congress’ manufactured crisis.
““Seniors, I stand with you all the way [on Social Security].”
- Rep. Jan Schakowsky
“We are in a crisis right now. A...](https://64.media.tumblr.com/93d9258801da499ce7712598d0be22b4/tumblr_njo11hjqsI1qd3gmvo1_1280.jpg)
![“The enemies of Social Security in Congress are making a very bad situation even worse [by proposing cuts to SSA’s operating budget.] They want to make it impossible to effectively administer the program, and ultimately want to destroy Social...](https://64.media.tumblr.com/1c78ed79e5e7168a42078f7b6d551a8c/tumblr_p2z1kt6Dqa1qd3gmvo1_1280.jpg)
