As Republicans threaten cuts to Social Security and other essential federal programs, Sens. Bernie Sanders (VT) and Elizabeth Warren (MA), along with Reps. Jan Schakowsky (IL) and Val Hoyle (OR), introduced legislation Monday that would expand Social Security benefits by $200 a m... Read more
The White House released a new fact sheet this week showing that the House Republicans’ legislative agenda would increase the national debt by over $3 trillion over 10 years. The first bill passed by the new Republican House majority would increase the debt by $114 billion b... Read more
Despite some Republicans’ claims to the contrary, columnist and economist Paul Krugman reminded readers this week that many in the GOP do want to eviscerate Social Security and Medicare, writing that "to believe otherwise requires both willful naïveté and amnesia about 40 yea... Read more
2023 Winter Legislative Toolkit Our legislative toolkit has all of the things you'll need to celebrate Medicare and Social Security and mobilize for change on our key retirement security issues this winter. These resources include issue position papers, sample letters to the ... Read more
How to Use this Toolkit This overview will help you get started with your mobilization efforts this winter. It provides detailed descriptions of the various sections and materials in the rest of the toolkit. Read more ... Read more
Position Papers and Fact Sheets We included copies of our Social Security Medicare Facts and Figures , Expanding Social Security, Inflation Reduction Act, Increasing the Debt Ceiling and Social Security Fairness Act fact sheets and position papers in the winter legislative toolk... Read more
Lobbying Materials We included a presentation on lobbying, a legislative calendar, talking points, an event planning guide, a report back form, a storytelling guide, and sample letters to the editor to support your mobilization efforts. Read more... Read more
The debt ceiling is a legal restriction on how much money the federal government can borrow to pay its bills. Congress instituted the debt ceiling in 1917 as a way to rein in federal agencies that were ignoring Congress and setting their own budgets, and it has been raised 78 tim... Read more
The Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) were enacted in 1977 and 1983 respectively as amendments to the basic Social Security law. These provisions reduce Social Security benefits for public sector retirees who receive a public pension or the ... Read more
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