Dec 20, 2018
Dec 19, 2018
SSA Employees Get Christmas Eve Off
By order of the President, federal offices, including Social Security will be closed on Monday, December 24. I think federal employees would have been happier if this had been announced much earlier.
Andrew Saul's Nomination
Andrew Saul's nomination to become Commissioner of Social Security for a term ending January 20, 2019, that's right, a month from tomorrow is still pending on the Senate's Executive Calendar, along with many dozens of other nominations. Unless there's unanimous consent from all members of the Senate, it's going nowhere in this Congress. If Saul is confirmed in this Congress he wouldn't have to leave office on January 20, 2019. He could hold over indefinitely until a successor is confirmed. Unless there's some agreement to advance Saul's nomination in this Congress, he'll have to be renominated once the new Congress convenes. He wouldn't necessarily have to go through a new confirmation hearing, however. It's just a matter of what the Senate Finance Committee would want to do. No opposition to Saul's nomination has surfaced but the number of nominations pending on the Senate Executive Calendar suggests just how slow the process can be in the Senate.
Dec 18, 2018
What A Surprise
The user fee -- really a tax -- on attorneys and others who receive direct payment of fees for representing Social Security claimants will remain at 6.3% in 2018.
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Dec 17, 2018
Dec 16, 2018
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