The Disability Policy Collaboration is reporting that the House Appropriations Subcommittee that covers Social Security has reported out a $400 million increase for the Social Security Administration (which was what was expected), yet the Subcommittee's summary shows only a $100 million increase (which had surprised me). Is the Disability Policy Collaboration confused or is the Subcommittee summary misleading?
The same report from the Disability Policy Collaboration also says that:
The same report from the Disability Policy Collaboration also says that:
House Republican leaders are urging their colleagues to sign a pledge to uphold the President’s promised vetoes of eight FY2008 appropriations bills that are expected to exceed the Administration’s budget request, including the Labor/HHS/Education proposal. The support of two-thirds of the House is necessary to override a veto. At the end of last week, about 140 Republicans had signed a letter being circulated by Representative John Campbell (R-CA) promising to support the President, leaving the GOP leadership still shy of having enough votes to sustain the veto threats.
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Money for employees is good but they need to be in the field offices not Baltimore. Does SSA publish field office statistics? How many people visit the field offices?
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