Bill to Strengthen Finances Introduced in House
Rep. John Larson (D-CT) has introduced the Social Security 2100 Act (H.R.1391) along with 54 cosponsors. The bill provides for numerous improvements to Social Security benefits, including a modest...
View ArticleHouse and Senate Pass Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Resolutions: Proposals Include...
As expected, the House and Senate passed their Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Resolutions last week. The measures passed with votes nearly along party lines of 228-199 and 52-46, respectively. Both contain...
View ArticleThe Arc Calls on Advocates to Support Lifeline Programs
Medicaid, Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), and other lifeline programs for people with I/DD are under attack. The House and Senate passed a concurrent budget resolution that calls for...
View ArticleHouse to Hold Hearing on SSI / SSDI, Unemployment Insurance
This week, the House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, will hold a hearing on “Protecting the Safety Net from Waste, Fraud, and Abuse.” The hearing will review multiple...
View ArticleHouse Holds Hearing on Safety Net
Last week, the House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, held a hearing on “Protecting the Safety Net from Waste, Fraud, and Abuse”. Witnesses testified in two panels,...
View ArticleU.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness Releases New Guidance on SSI/SSDI...
Last week, the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH), in collaboration with the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the...
View ArticleWhite House Issues Report on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
Last week, the White House released a report, Social Security Disability Insurance: A Lifeline for Millions of American Workers and Their Families. The report describes how SSDI insures nearly all...
View ArticleSocial Security – House Committee Advances Online Tools Bill
Last week, the House Committee on Ways and Means marked up the Social Security Online Tools Innovation Act (H.R. 3309), sponsored by Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX). As amended by the Committee, the bill would...
View ArticleSocial Security – Social Security Fairness Act Introduced
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. John Larson (D-CT) introduced the Social Security Fairness Act (S. 3147; H.R. 6251), joined by 6 cosponsors in the Senate and 31 in the House. The bill would set...
View ArticleSocial Security – SSA Announces Cost of Living Increases for 2019
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced a 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits in 2019. The Social Security...
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