Social Security

• Retired Americans PAC Releases Ads Warning Seniors About Threats to Social Security if Congressional Republicans Refuse to Raise the Debt Ceiling

  May 26, 2023: This week, Retired Americans PAC, an independent project of the Alliance for Retired Americans, launched a series of digital ads in 10 congressional districts and Washington, DC. The ads warn voters that Social Security checks could be disrupted if C...Read more >

• Debt Ceiling Update: Talks Continue as June 1 Deadline Approaches

  May 19, 2023: President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Tuesday to...Read more >

• Alliance Hosts Town Hall with Dr. Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Social Security Commissioner

  May 19, 2023: Alliance members joined Dr. Kilolo Kijakazi, MSW, Ph.D., Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), on Wednesday for an Older Americans Month Retiree Town Hall webinar. The Acting Commissioner discussed why Social Security is...Read more >

• White House Releases State by State Fact Sheets on the GOP House’s “Default on America Act”

  May 05, 2023: President Biden invited the "big four" congressional leaders – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Leader Jeffries and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy – to the White House next week, after the federal govern...Read more >

• Fiesta: If a Budget Reflects a Party’s Values, Then the GOP Must Not Value Seniors

  May 01, 2023: Republicans in the U.S. House passed a bill on Wednesday to cut federal spending dramatically and unwind many of President Biden’s recent economic accomplishments, pairing those provisions with a plan to raise the debt ceiling until 2024. H.R. 2...Read more >

• If a Budget Reflects a Party’s Values, Then the GOP Must Not Value Seniors

  April 26, 2023: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding H.R. 2811, the House vote on raising the debt ceiling until 2024: "Today the House Republicans voted on their so-called debt ...Read more >

• Position Paper: Threats to Social Security

  April 26, 2023: For decades Social Security has delivered guaranteed, lifetime benefits on time and without interruption to generations of Americans. Beneficiaries earn their Social Security, contributing into the system with every paycheck. Sixty-five million ol...Read more >

• Social Security: Our Earned Benefits

  April 25, 2023:  Want to help save Social Security? Click here to sign our petition telling Congress to take action.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWpFBfQEW3o   ...Read more >

• McCarthy Goes After Most Vulnerable Americans as Condition for Raising the Debt Ceiling

  April 24, 2023: Speaker Kevin McCarthy has released a plan to raise the national debt limit by $1.5 trillion in exchange for an array of drastic budget cuts across dozens of domestic programs, setting off a frantic attempt in the House to gather GOP votes. The Repub...Read more >

• Retiree Groups Announce New Collaboration to Take on the Nation’s Retirement Security Emergency

  April 19, 2023: Washington, DC –  The National United Committee to Protect Pensions (NUCPP) Board of Directors and the Alliance for Retired Americans (Alliance) are pleased to announce a partnership to address the nation’s retirement security crisis. “Wit...Read more >