The Senate is plowing forward with consideration of the Social Security Fairness Act, clearing its first procedural hurdle on what supporters hope is a path to passage later this week. The Senate voted 73-27 to advance the measure, which could mean highe
Senate Panel Talks Social Security Bill
Efforts to get the Senate to vote on a bill to expand Social Security benefits are intensifying, as the House-passed Social Security Fairness Act enjoys rare bipartisan support but has only a short window of time — less than four weeks — to be passed....
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Thursday he would begin the process for a final vote on the bill, known as the Social Security Fairness Act, which would eliminate policies that currently limit Social Security payouts for roughly 2.8 million people. ...
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to schedule a vote on thebill that would expand Social Security benefitsto roughly 2.8 million retirees. Schumer, a Democrat and cosponsor of the legislation, could invoke a Senate rule that would skip a...
The Republican-dominated Senate on Tuesday rejected two Democratic attempts to carve out exemptions to the balanced-budget amendment, leaving the Social Security Trust Fund as a possible target that Congress could use to help cut the deficit.
Senate panel approves data-sharing cybersecurity bill Losing Social Security Benefits Can Be Devastating. Here's How It Happens A Senate committee gives the nod to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, which would make it easier for companies and the government to share data during cyber...
MANILA (Reuters) - A bill to raise the minimum age of sexual consent in the Philippines from 12 to 16 has moved closer towards becoming law, after senators approved it its final reading. The bill aims to protect children from rape and other forms of sexual abuse and was ba...
given the circumstances,” while noting that many previously agreed upon policies were left out of the measure the House ultimately passed. “It went from a bill that weighed pounds to a bill that weighed ounces,” Musk posted on X, his social media platform. ...
“I would surmise that the Department of Homeland Security has become too big. It can’t function … I’m going to be filing a bill the first day of next Congress to remove FEMA and Secret Service from Homeland Security and make them direct reports to the White House,” Rep. Jared Mosk...