House Rules for 114th Congress Include Harmful Social Security Provision
Last week, the House of Representatives adopted its rules of procedure for the 114th Congress (H. Res. 5). Included in the measure was an unprecedented Social Security-related provision that will...
View ArticleAgency to Expand Field Office Hours
Last week, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that the agency will expand its hours nationwide. Effective March 16, 2015, SSA field offices will be open to the public for an additional...
View ArticleBill Introduced to Cut Concurrent Social Security Disability Insurance &...
Last week, Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced S.343, the “Reducing Overlapping Payments Act”; the bill was referred to the Committee on Finance. The bill would zero out...
View ArticleBills Introduced to Cut Concurrent Social Security Disability Insurance &...
Last week, Senate Finance Committee Chair Orrin Hatch (R-UT), House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chair Sam Johnson (R-TX), and House Ways and Means Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI)...
View ArticleSenate Holds Hearing on Social Security Disability Insurance Financing
Last week, the Senate Committee on the Budget held a hearing on “The Coming Crisis: Social Security Disability Trust Fund Insolvency”. Witnesses were: Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social...
View ArticleBill 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 ArticleBill Introduced to Cut Concurrent Social Security Disability Insurance &...
Last week, Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced S.343, the “Reducing Overlapping Payments Act”; the bill was referred to the Committee on Finance. The bill would zero out...
View ArticleBills Introduced to Cut Concurrent Social Security Disability Insurance &...
Last week, Senate Finance Committee Chair Orrin Hatch (R-UT), House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chair Sam Johnson (R-TX), and House Ways and Means Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI)...
View ArticleSenate Holds Hearing on Social Security Disability Insurance Financing
Last week, the Senate Committee on the Budget held a hearing on “The Coming Crisis: Social Security Disability Trust Fund Insolvency”. Witnesses were: Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social...
View ArticleBill 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,...
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