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• House GOP Agenda Leaves Seniors with Unanswered Questions

  September 24, 2010: House Republicans released their “Pledge to America” on Thursday for the fall elections, calling to “repeal and replace” the new health care law, and offering little in what they would do for seniors. Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of th...Read more >

• New York Times Spotlights Perils for Older Workers if Retirement Age Increased

  September 17, 2010: This week the New York Times ran a powerful portrait of life on the job for many older Americans, showing just how devastating a retirement age increase would be for millions of workers. Against a backdrop of House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH)...Read more >

• House Democrats Say: No Social Security Cuts!

  September 10, 2010: According to the “Talking Points Memo” blog, House Democrats, led by Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) co-chair Raul Grijalva (AZ), are drawing a line in the sand before the White House's fiscal commission: If your report recommends cuts or ...Read more >

• Tell Congress: Don’t Raise Retirement Age!

  September 03, 2010: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) plans to introduce a resolution expressing the sense of Congress against raising the retirement age when Congress reconvenes this month. "This resolution, especially with a large number of cosponsors, can be a good coun...Read more >

• Alliance Leaders Demand Alan Simpson Resignation from Presidential Panel

  August 27, 2010: On Wednesday, the Alliance wrote President Obama to demand the resignation of Alan Simpson as Co-Chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. Alliance President Barbara J. Easterling and Executive Director Ed Coyle wrote the ...Read more >

• Obama, Alliance Activists Defend Social Security Against Threats

  August 20, 2010: From the White House to cities and towns across the country, supporters of Social Security honored its 75th birthday this week and pledged to fight benefit cuts, an increase in the retirement age, or a privatized system tied to the volatile stock mar...Read more >

• Alliance Celebrates the 75th Birthday of Social Security

  August 13, 2010: Tomorrow, August 14, is the 75th Anniversary of the day that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security program into law, and the Alliance is putting together over 100 birthday parties and other events to highlight both the occasi...Read more >

• American Stories: Social Security Successes

  August 06, 2010: The Alliance has received a great response to its American Stories Project, a compilation of anecdotes about how Social Security has impacted members’ lives, or the lives of a family member; neighbor or friend. The compilation is a lead-up to celeb...Read more >

• August 6, 2010 Friday Alert

  July 23, 2010: On July 30th, the federal Medicare program turns forty-five, and Alliance members will be celebrating the occasion with events all across the country.  The events will serve to remind lawmakers and the general public how important and efficient the ...Read more >

• Comments from Fiscal Commissioners, New Study Concern Seniors

  July 16, 2010: On Sunday, the co-chairmen of President Barack Obama’s fiscal commission offered an ominous assessment of the nation’s economic future, calling current budgetary trends a “cancer” that will destroy the country from within unless checked by to...Read more >