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• Senate Passes Budget That Protects Social Security and Medicare, Ends Sequester

  March 28, 2013: Early Saturday morning, the U.S. Senate passed a budget crafted by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. Unlike the budget plan promoted by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), which passed the U.S. House of Rep Read More >

• Paul Ryan’s Republican Budget Passes the House, Despite Threats Posed to Seniors

  March 22, 2013: The U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass Paul Ryan’s Republican Budget for fiscal year 2014 on Thursday, 221-207. It was a mostly party-line vote, with only 10 Republicans voting against it, and no Democrats voting for it Read More >

• Paul Ryan’s Latest Budget: Not New and Not Improved!

  March 15, 2013: House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) unveiled a Republican budget on Tuesday that once again proposes privatizing Medicare and turning it into a voucher system, while lowering tax rates on corporations and the wealthy. Read More >

• Alliance, AFGE, Acting SSA Commissioner Detail Sequester Effect on Social Security

  March 08, 2013: Alliance President Barbara J. Easterling co-authored an op-ed in Huffington Post last week with Witold Skwierczynski, President of the American Federation of Government Employees National Council of Social Security Administration Read More >

• Sequester Cuts Will Be Harmful to Seniors

  March 01, 2013: On Thursday, the U.S. Senate blocked a plan to avert the sequester without harming Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid. As a result, the cuts imposed by sequestration will be in place as of today and will be gradually implement Read More >

• Alliance Lobby Week Comes Just Days Before Sequester Cuts are Set to Kick In

  February 22, 2013: Alliance members scheduled more than 70 district meetings with their elected officials for this week’s President’s Day Lobby Week. The appointments came as the Senate is set to vote next week - right after the Congressional re Read More >

• State of the Union Speech Mentions Key Alliance Issues

  February 15, 2013: President Barack Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, and he featured seniors in his remarks several times. “We are pleased that the President supported reducing taxpayer subsidies for prescripti Read More >

• In Group Letter, Alliance State Presidents Urge President Obama to Protect Seniors

  February 08, 2013: Congressional Republicans are taking the economy hostage again — threatening to blow it up unless vital services for seniors are cut.  On Thursday, President Obama warned that Republicans would seek to replace the sequester (au Read More >

• Americans Willing to Pay More in Taxes if it means Keeping Social Security Benefits

  February 01, 2013: Americans support Social Security and are willing to pay more to preserve and even improve benefits, according to a new survey released on Thursday by the nonpartisan National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI). The study, Strengt Read More >

• Obama Inaugural Address Includes Support for Protecting Social Security, Medicare

  January 25, 2013: President Barack Obama kicked off his second term on Monday, and his ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol was filled with pomp and pageantry. The traditional celebrations came a day after he was sworn in on Sunday, on the co Read More >