Social Security News

     From Jonathan Karl at ABC : Democrats are still willing to accept a short-term deal to reopen the government at sequester spending ...

     A message to members of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) working for Social Security: AFGE NATIONAL COUNCIL ...

A Message To All SSA Employees Subject: Budget Update      I want to share with you the latest information we have regarding our opera...

     Sequestration, the odd term for automatic budget cuts, seems almost certain to take effect on March 1 unless there is a last minute &q...

     From the Washington Post (emphasis added): The drastic $85 billion in automatic spending cuts Congress approved in hopes of headin...

     From The Hill : House Republican defense hawks are pushing back strongly against Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) claim that he has ...

     The fiscal cliff negotiations drag on . At this point, preventing the sequester is on the table and the chained CPI change for Social ...

     The Washington Post reports that sequestration seems all but certain to take effect on January 1. Most likely, it will last a couple ...

     In Social Security terms, the reports about the deal currently being worked out by Senate leaders to avoid the fiscal cliff are remar...

     When House Speaker's Boehner decided to go ahead with his "Plan B", we started down a track that seems to lead directly ...

     There is progress in the fiscal cliff negotiations. If the reports are accurate, Social Security will be greatly affected. Ezra Klein ...

     While there are reports of some progress in the fiscal cliff negotiations , the parties remain far apart and agreement is uncertain . ...

     Social Security field offices are already closing a half hour early each day due to the agency's inadequate operating budget. The ...

     A Republican sweep of the White House, House of Representatives and Senate might have had devastating effects on Social Security but t...