September 14, 2018
Expand Social Security Caucus Members
The Alliance joined coalition partner organizations on Thursday, September 13 to announce the Expand Social Security Congressional Caucus, a new congressional group aimed at expanding, protecting and strengthening Social Security for all Americans.
Hosted by Senators Bernie Sanders (VT) and Elizabeth Warren (MA) and Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI), Raúl Grijalva, (AZ), Conor Lamb (PA), John Larson (CT) and Terri Sewell, the Expand Social Security Caucus is now the largest congressional caucus with more than 150 members in both the House and Senate.
To see if your Representative is a member of the “Expand” caucus, look at the list below. If your House member is listed, please click here to thank him or her. If your Senate member is listed, please click here to thank him or her.
If your Representative is not listed, please click here to urge them to join the caucus. If your Senator is not listed, please click here to urge them to join the caucus.
Members from the House of Representatives who have joined the caucus:
- Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.)
- Nanette Diaz Barragan (D-Calif.)
- Don Beyer (D-Va.)
- Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)
- Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.)
- Brendan Boyle (D-Penn.)
- Robert Brady (D-Penn.)
- Anthony Brown (D-Md.)
- Julia Brownley (D-Calif.)
- Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.)
- Mike Capuano (D-Mass.)
- Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.)
- André Carson (D-Ind.)
- Matt Cartwright (D-Penn.)
- Kathy Castor (D-Fla.)
- Judy Chu (D-Calif.)
- David Cicilline (D-R.I.)
- Katherine Clark (D-Mass.)
- Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.)
- Wm. Lacy Clay Jr. (D-Mo.)
- Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)
- Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)
- Charlie Crist (D-Fla.)
- Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.)
- Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)
- Elijah Cummings (D-Md.)
- Danny Davis (D-Ill.)
- Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.)
- Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)
- John Delaney (D-Md.)
- Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)
- Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.)
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-Calif.)
- Ted Deutch (D-Fla.)
- Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.)
- Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)
- Mike Doyle (D-Penn.)
- Keith Ellison (D-Minn.)
- Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.)
- Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.)
- Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.)
- Dwight Evans (D-Penn.)
- Bill Foster (D-Ill.)
- Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio)
- Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii)
- Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.)
- John Garamendi (D-Calif.)
- Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.)
- Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.)
- Al Green (D-Texas)
- Gene Green (D-Texas)
- Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz)
- Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.)
- Denny Heck (D-Wash.)
- Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.)
- Jim Himes (D-Conn.)
- Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)
- Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.)
- Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)
- Hank Johnson (D-Ga.)
- Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio)
- Bill Keating (D-Mass.)
- Robin Kelly (D-Ill.)
- Joe Kennedy, III (D-Mass.)
- Ro Khanna (D-Calif.)
- Ruben Kihuen (D-Nev.)
- Dan Kildee (D-Mich.)
- Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.)
- Ann McLane Kuster (D-N.H.)
- Conor Lamb (D-Penn.)
- James Langevin (D-R.I.)
- Rick Larsen (D-Wash.)
- John Larson (D-Conn.)
- Al Lawson (D-Fla.)
- Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)
- Sandy Levin (D-Mich.)
- John Lewis (D-Ga.)
- Ted Lieu (D-Calif.)
- Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)
- Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.)
- Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.)
- Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.)
- Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.)
- Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.)
- Betty McCollum (D-Minn.)
- James P. McGovern (D-Mass.)
- Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.)
- Grace Meng (D-N.Y.)
- Seth Moulton (D-Mass.)
- Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.)
- Richard Neal (D-Mass.)
- Rick Nolan (D-Minn.)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)
- Tom O’Halleran (D-Ariz.)
- Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas)
- Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.)
- Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.)
- Donald Payne (D-N.J.)
- Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)
- Collin Peterson (D-Minn.)
- Chellie Pingree (D-Maine)
- Stacey Plaskett (D-V.I.)
- Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.)
- David Price (D-N.C.)
- Mike Quigley (D-Ill.)
- Jamie Raskin (D-Md.)
- Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.)
- Cedric Richmond (D-La.)
- Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.)
- Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.)
- Tim Ryan (D-Ohio)
- Linda Sanchez (D-Calif)
- John Sarbanes (D-Md.)
- Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)
- Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)
- Bobby Scott (D-Va.)
- José Serrano (D-N.Y.)
- Terri Sewell (D-Ala.)
- Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.)
- Albio Sires (D-N.J.)
- Adam Smith (D-Wash.)
- Darren Soto (D-Fla.)
- Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)
- Thomas Suozzi (D-N.Y.)
- Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.)
- Mark Takano (D-Calif.)
- Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)
- Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)
- Dina Titus (D-Nev.)
- Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.)
- Juan Vargas (D-Calif.)
- Marc Veasey (D-Texas)
- Filemon Vela (D-Texas)
- Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.)
- Peter Welch (D-Vt.)
- John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)
Members from the Senate who have joined the caucus:
- Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)
- Cory Booker (D-N.J.)
- Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)
- Kamala Harris (D-Calif.)
- Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii)
- Ed Markey (D-Mass.)
- Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)
- Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)
- Patty Murray (D-Wash.)
- Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)
- Tina Smith (D-Minn.)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)
- Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)
Source: https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-warren-larson-announce-expand-social-security-caucus
Those of us who lose thousands of dollars in Social Security benefits every year because of the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision are waiting to hear how you will get rid of these grossly unfair penalties against public servants. I was a non-earning dependent spouse for 20 years before earning half a teacher pension. That means I get NO Social Security benefits. The money my husband paid in all those years was legally half mine also. Why do I get nothing back? Why aren’t you supporting the two and a half million of us who are being cheated?