Congress passed legislation Thursday ensuring that 44 million Social Security checks will go out on time - even if the White House and Republicans are unable to resolve their differences over extending the government's $4.9 trillion borrowing limit....
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
The measure as passed by Congress says the Social Security commissioner “shall adjust primary insurance amounts to the extent necessary to take into account” changes in the law. It’s not immediately clear how this will happen or whether people affected will have to take any action....
"When you see the numbers of the GPO elevated, it's because many of those people were probably teachers and married to somebody who worked in a Social Security job," said Joslyn DeLancey, vice president of the Connecticut Education Association. "They're not going to get that spousal Social ...
Anderson Cooper: People at Social Security have told us-- "Look this is a law. This has to be changed through Congress. Our ti-- our hands are tied." Laurence Kotlikoff: It's not, Anderson because the law says that-- "If equity and good conscience demands...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Michel Temer Monday urged Congress to approve the social security reform bill, which has run into controversy for its retirement policy. Temer highlighted the importance of the reform for the country at the opening of this year's Congress...
The Social Security Fairness Act overwhelmingly passed the House in early December and on December 18 cleared a key Senate procedural vote by 73 to 27. …half a century ago, Congress realized that Social Security benefit windfalls for public sector employees were costly, unnecessary and unmerited....
As for the more than $20 billion in overpayments, “it’s an outrage, and it should have been caught,” said Rep. John Larson of Connecticut, the top Democrat on a House panel that oversees Social Security. Larson called for Congress to increase funding for the agency. ...
Congress has until Dec. 20 to fund the government and avoid a holiday shutdown. Though some Republicans are holding out hope that they can get a year-end agreement on a sweeping spending bill that would fund the government through the end of September, both House and Senate Republicans increa...
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) told POLITICO he suspects “there will be five or six amendments to the to the social security bill," and that the Senate will “go past midnight, but not much” while trying to finish its work before heading out of town. ...