Social Security News

      From The Hill : A group of House Republicans is making a rare move that would force a vote on a bill to reform aspects of Social Secu...

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

      Seven Democratic Senators have written the Commissioner of Social Security asking that something be done about disability claims fil...

      From Government Executive : ... Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and ranking member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, sent a le...

      Social Security is closing its field office in Newburgh, NY . Predictably, this is drawing opposition from local political leaders. Th...

      Senators Susan Collins and Shelley Moore Capito have written the Commissioner of Social Security to express their concern that the Co...

      From The Hill : Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) argued with a Social Security official over claims of backlogs in a Wednesday hearing ab...

      From a press release : U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore.[Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over Social S...

      From this blog on May 22, 2022: “Serious Concerns” About IG       From the Washington Post : … The acting commissioner [of Soci...

      Back in 2015 Martin O'Malley was running for President. He didn't get very far but he did take these positions on Social Secur...

      From Yahoo New s: As Republicans start laying out their proposals for what spending to cut next year, Social Security Administration ...

Gail Ennis       From the Washington Post : A top Senate Democrat is demanding answers from Social Security’s embattled watchdog about all...

      When we're rushed, we cut corners and we make more mistakes than usual. Social Security employees are rushed. They're cutting ...

      The House Appropriations Committee has voted along party lines for Subcommittee allocations, that is the amount that each Subcommitte...

    From a press release : Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), today introduced legislati...

      I'm not sure that I heard of the CASES (Creating Advanced Streamlined Electronic Services for Constituents) Act until I saw a rece...

      You may have noticed that I'm not posting much recently. That doesn't have to do with me. There is little to report. Things ar...

      One hundred and six (if I've counted correctly) members of Congress have signed a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of th...

      From Reuters : A Republican U.S. senator's accusation on Thursday that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen had lied during a tussle o...

      Some highlights from the President's proposed administrative budget for the Social Security Administration : Office of Inspector G...