Social Security News

      The bill to increase the debt limit passed the House of Representatives yesterday. It would force a slight decrease in "non-defen...

      The Biden Administration, as others before it, has said that if the debt ceiling isn't increased that there will be consequences f...

     Nate Silver at the New York Times makes it clear. The debt ceiling deal will cause no cuts in the operating budget of Social Security ...

     You have heard about the debt ceiling agreement reached yesterday. Here's what you may not have heard: It is far from clear that t...

Brian Beutler at TPM reports that there may be a settlement of the debt ceiling crisis. The settlement would involve a special committee th...

Just when you think there's no hope for the debt ceiling crisis, there it is. All it takes to solve it is two coins .

Here is this morning's news concerning the debt ceiling crisis that threatens Social Security payments among other things: House Speaker...

Today's news on the debt ceiling impasse that threatens to delay Social Security payments:  The House Republican leadership is putting ...

Today's roundup of news concerning the debt ceiling that threatens Social Security checks -- and the U.S. economy: The New York Times r...

From a 60 Minutes interview of John Boehner, shortly before he became Speaker of the House of Representatives: J. BOEHNER: We have to gover...

 Here's what's going on this morning: The President, as you know, spoke to the nation last night warning of the consequences of fai...

Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader, has unveiled a plan to break the deadlock over the debt ceiling. Republicans in the House of Repres...

 From ABC News : A senior White House official says that there's a 50/50 chance that the current deficit reduction mess will not be re...

The current status of raising the debt ceiling is that even if Republicans and Democrats could immediately agree on a plan, there is hardly...

Read this detailed report from the Los Angeles Times on how the debt ceiling talks broke down and tell me that you're still optimistic ...

I have no idea where we are going to end up with the debt ceiling negotiations. I doubt that anyone feels confident about what will happen. ...

Ezra Klein writing in his blog at the Washington Post about the efforts to extend the debt ceiling -- and keep the Social Security checks co...

Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has put forth a new proposal for cutting the federal deficits. It is by far the most ambitious proposal out there....

Take a look at this Reuters Q and A on Social Security and the debt ceiling. At best, it is confusing. At worst, it is slanted. Why didn...

 From TPM Media : President Obama likes it . A wide array of Senators, including influential conservative Tom Coburn (R-OK), have given i...