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• Social Security: House Minority Leader Raises Renewed Privatization Fears

  July 09, 2010: House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) stated this week that he is unsure whether the Republican Party will revive their 2005 movement to privatize Social Security. Recently, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), a member of the president’s Fiscal Commission o...Read more >

• Alliance Executive Director Testifies in Front of the Fiscal Commission

  July 02, 2010: On Wednesday, Alliance Executive Director Edward F. Coyle testified in front of the president’s Fiscal Commission, which is charged with addressing the nation’s national debt.  Coyle conveyed to the committee’s board members that retirees are ...Read more >

• Congress Delivers President Obama a ‘Doc Fix’ Bill

  June 25, 2010: After realizing that combining the 'Doc Fix' provision with a jobs creation package was not politically feasible, House Democrats promptly passed a six-month solution to the ongoing cuts in Medicare reimbursement rates to physicians.  The temporary ...Read more >

• Senior Issues take Center Stage in Nevada Senate Race

  June 18, 2010: Nevada Alliance members rushed to Republican/tea party Senate candidate Sharron Angle'soffice last Friday to protest her position on privatizing Social Security.  "She's extreme. She's dangerous," said NARA President Scott Watts.  Her opponent is S...Read more >

• Obama Talks to Seniors, including the Illinois Alliance President, at Tele-Town Hall

  June 11, 2010: The Alliance continues its involvement in the implementation process of the health care reform that President Obama signed into law in March.  On Tuesday, the Alliance, along with several other organizations, helped the White House and President Oba...Read more >

• Alliance Members Get the Chance to Ask President Obama Questions

  June 04, 2010: At a special event on Tuesday, June 8, Alliance members are invited to ask the President health care questions by telephone.  A few members of the Alliance will be attending the event - which will include information on benefits for seniors under t...Read more >

• House Passes “Doc Fix” for Seniors

  May 28, 2010: The U.S. House passed a watered-down version of H.R. 4213, "The American Jobs, Closing Tax Loopholes, and Preventing Outsourcing Act," on Friday.  The original bill was supposed to extend unemployment benefits, COBRA, and Federal Medicaid assistance...Read more >

• Alliance Celebrates Victory of Mark Critz in Pennsylvania

  May 21, 2010: On Tuesday, Democrat Mark Critz defeated Tim Burns (R), 53% - 45%, in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District, winning a special election and a seat in Congress.  Each political party said the race to succeed the late John Murtha (D) was somethin...Read more >

• Retirees Celebrate Crist Victory

  May 19, 2010: For Immediate Release Retirees Celebrate Critz Victory Win Will Help Protect Social Security Benefits for Seniors The following statement was issued by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to...Read more >

• Incumbents Lose in WV, Utah as Voters Head to the Polls in Four More States

  May 14, 2010: Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) lost his bid for a 15th term Tuesday in a primary defeat.  He is the first House member to lose a reelection bid in the 2010 campaign, and his defeat comes just days after Sen. Robert Bennett (R-UT) was knocked off the Nove...Read more >