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• Senate Passes Budget Deal

  December 20, 2013: This Tuesday, the Senate voted to end debate on a two-year budget deal and put it up for final passage. On Wednesday, the deal passed the Senate in a 64-36 vote. The bill sets spending levels for 2014 and 2015 and reduces sequeste Read More >

• Budget Agreement Averts a Shutdown, but More Work Remains

  December 13, 2013: On Thursday, the House voted 332-94 to approve a two-year budget deal crafted by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). The legislation won the support of 169 Republicans as well as 163 Democrats, and now heads to the Read More >

• Budget Conference is Close to a Deal that Addresses Sequestration

  December 06, 2013: Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) are only a few billion dollars in budgetary savings away from a deal that would set spending levels and blunt the impact of Read More >

• GivingTuesday Movement Rivals Black Friday and Cyber Monday

  November 29, 2013: You have heard of Black Friday and maybe even Cyber Monday. We’d like to introduce you to GivingTuesday, a relatively new and growing holiday tradition that takes place next Tuesday, December 3rd. The Alliance for Retired Ame Read More >

• Richard Fiesta is Named Alliance’s Next Executive Director

  November 22, 2013: Richard Fiesta has been named the Alliance for Retired Americans’ new executive director, succeeding Edward F. Coyle, who has managed and grown the 4 million-member grassroots advocacy organization since its 2001 founding. The A Read More >

• Veterans Day Message: “Don’t Cut Veterans’ Benefits”

  November 15, 2013: The Alliance continued holding events with coalition partners around Veterans Day this week, drawing attention to the fact that veterans’ benefits would be cut in multiple ways if the chained CPI cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) Read More >

• Alliance Salutes Veterans All Across the Country

  November 08, 2013: The Alliance and its coalition partners are holding several events around Veterans Day to honor and thank all who served in the United States Armed Forces. The events also draw attention to the fact that veterans are affected in m Read More >

• Social Security Benefits to go up just 1.5% in 2014

  November 01, 2013: Social Security benefits will rise by 1.5% next year, one of the smallest increases ever in the program's annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). The increase is down from the 1.7% increase for 2013. There was no COLA increase at Read More >

• Harry Reid: No Grand Bargain in the Near Future

  October 25, 2013: On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) ruled out the possibility that a budget conference committee convening next week will reach a “grand bargain” that would cut Social Security and Medicare, raise taxes and r Read More >

• Budget Agreement Averts Immediate Crisis, but Threats to Seniors Still Loom

  October 18, 2013: The U.S. House and Senate passed legislation on Wednesday night to end the government shutdown and stop the country from hitting its debt ceiling. President Obama immediately signed the bill into law before a default could ensue. Read More >