Social Security News

      From AARP : The U.S. House of Representatives passed a major spending bill on Jan. 22 that would give the Social Security Administrati...

      The Congressional Research Service has issued a report on the status of Social Security’s appropriation for the current fiscal year. ...

      From a paper by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities :

   If I am reading the budget documents correctly, the White House is calling for an appropriation for the 2026 fiscal year, which begins Oc...

      From U.S. News and World Report : ... The White House's Office of Management and Budget has notified staff at the Social Securit...

      From Newsweek Two Republican Senators voted against the GOP and President Donald Trump last week in favor of an amendment that woul...

      Social Security and other federal agencies are operating under a Continuing Resolution (CR) allowing them to spend money at the same r...

      The Social Security Administration posted questions and answers on the implementation of the bill ending the Government Pension Offse...

      Ways and Means Republicans are asking questions about implementation of the WEP/GPO bill, including whether the agency needs more mon...

      From The Hill :   On Jan. 5,  President Biden  signed into law  the Social Security Fairness Act, which will provide new or additional...

      The Hill reports that the bill to end the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset passed a crucial vote in t...

      The text of the Continuing Resolution to prevent a government shutdown is out. I see no additional funding for Social Security opera...

      From Newsweek : Customer services from the Social Security Administration (SSA) could be subject to delays in 2025 if [no additional]...

      I'm surprised that Frank Bisignano wants the job as Social Security Commissioner. He's now the highly paid CEO of a very succe...

      The hearing yesterday before the Labor-HHS Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee went about as I expected but there were ...

     The written witness statement of Commissioner Martin O'Malley for today's hearing before the Labor-HHS Subcommittee of the Hou...

     The House Appropriations Committee has scheduled a hearing on the Social Security Administration appropriation for 10:30 on November 1...

      I've found a video of that John Oliver piece on Social Security disability. I can't say whether this is an excerpt or the who...

      A couple of tweets from the Commissioner of Social Security (emphasis added): Martin O'Malley @OMalleySSA · I want to thank @iamj...

    The federal fiscal year ends on September 30. Without some sort of appropriation bill passed before then, there will be a federal govern...