1 day ago · Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is raising the alarm about what he sees as a Republican effort to dismantle Social Security. Following President Donald Trump’s speech to both chambers of Congress ...

Feb 27, 2025 · Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is reintroducing a measure that would increase Social Security benefits. Sanders is joined by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)...

The Social Security Expansion Act would: • Extend the solvency of Social Security for 75 years by requiring the wealthiest American households to pay their fair share of taxes. Today, because of the earnings cap on Social Security taxes, a CEO making $20 million a year pays the same amount of money into Social Security as someone who makes ...

Senator Bernie Sanders has predicted that Republicans, under President Donald Trump, will move to privatize Social Security and cut benefits to millions of vulnerable Americans. Newsweek reached ...

1 day ago · Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) discusses Musk’s controversial remark and what it could mean for Social Security. In an interview with Fox Business, Elon Musk said he is looking to cut waste and ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 – As Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress attempt to advance legislation to give massive tax breaks to billionaires and undermine Social Security, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member on the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy, and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass ...

Feb 27, 2025 · As Republicans Attempt to Undermine Social Security, Hoyle, Sanders, Warren, Schakowsky Introduce Legislation to Expand Social Security ... (OR-04) along with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member on the Senate Finance Committee's Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Rep ...

Feb 27, 2025 · Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat from Massachusetts, and Democratic Representatives Jan Schakowsky of Illinois and Val Hoyle of Oregon...

The Social Security Expansion Act, which was introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders, would have expanded benefits by about $2,400 per year per recipient, providing vital cash to some of America's...

Expand Social Security benefits for all recipients and protect pensions. Guarantee home and community based long-term care services. Protect our most vulnerable seniors by quadrupling funding for the Older Americans Act and expanding other programs seniors rely on. Expand and train the direct care workforce we need.

1 day ago · Sanders, earlier in his interview with Cooper, noted that the world’s richest man has called Social Security a “Ponzi scheme” and that the SSA is currently understaffed, sparking calls from constituents as tens of thousands of Americans are estimated to have died while waiting for a decision on benefits.

A new federal report says the Social Security trust fund will be depleted in 2035. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says he has a plan to extend Social Security’s solvency and increase benefits. But as our Brett Miller reports, lawmakers remain divided on how to save the system.

1 day ago · U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders warned late Monday that billionaire Elon Musk's new call for up to $700 billion in cuts to mandatory federal spending is an alarming step in the direction of Social Security privatization, a longstanding—and deeply unpopular—goal of right-wing politicians and corporate-funded think tanks. Musk, who is spearheading a large-scale assault on federal agencies and ...

Mar 5, 2025 · Sanders called out Trump’s lie in a speech delivered after Trump’s address, saying that it’s meant to pave the way for cuts to Social Security — which is the most effective anti-poverty program in the U.S., lifting tens of millions of people above the poverty line each year. “Tonight, Trump claimed that millions of dead people between the ages of 100 and 360 were collecting Social ...

Jul 23, 2023 · On Feb. 13, Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.) formally reintroduced The Social Security Expansion Act to Congress, and this time, he had a lot more support from fellow lawmakers pushing...

Jan 2, 2025 · Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who supports expanding Social Security and Medicare and raising taxes on the wealthy, will get a seat on the Senate’s powerful Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over those big issues.

Feb 13, 2023 · SOCIAL SECURITY Office of the Chief Actuary . February 13, 2023 . The Honorable Bernie Sanders . United States Senate . Washington, D.C. 20510 . Dear Senator Sanders: I am writing in response to your request for our estimates of the financial effects on Social Security of enacting the Social Security Expansion Act, which you introduced today. The

Feb 13, 2023 · WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and progressive Democrats on Monday reintroduced a bill to increase Social Security retirement benefits and shore up the program’s finances solely by taxing corporations and the wealthy.

3 days ago · Senator Bernie Sanders has predicted that Republicans, under President Donald Trump, will move to privatize Social Security and cut benefits to millions of vulnerable Americans.. Newsweek reached out for comment to the White House via email on Monday night.. Why It Matters. The future of programs like Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare have been a hot topic of debate since Trump returned ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 – As Republicans threaten cuts to Social Security and other essential federal programs, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Val Hoyle (D-Ore.) in the U.S. House of Representatives, introduced legislation that would expand Social Security benefits by ...