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March 30, 2021

Dems call for firings of Trump-era holdovers in SSA over stimulus check delays

The House Progressive Caucus on Tuesday called for the removal of Trump administration holdover officials they say are responsible for delaying the latest round of stimulus checks to 30 million Americans.聽

September 12, 2019

Warren, on debate day, proposes Social Security boost of $200 per month

Declaring that 鈥渋t鈥檚 getting harder to save enough for a decent retirement,鈥� Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Thursday unveiled a plan to increase monthly Social Security benefits by $200 for every current and future beneficiary.聽

July 30, 2019

AOC: Republicans want government as we know it 'dismantled,' 'don't believe in a future'

Republicans don't believe in a future for the United States and want to worsen the problems associated with the current political system, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said on Tuesday.

March 30, 2018

Dead? No problem - your check is in the mail

After admitting to spending nearly a decade fraudulently cashing her dead mother鈥檚 Social Security checks, Pamela Thompson, 63, of Algiers, Louisiana, was sentenced in February to three years probation and restitution of $297,325 for theft of government services.

April 10, 2017

Trump administration back to square one on tax reform

President Trump has gone back to the drawing board on is tax reform as he looks for wide-ranging Republican support behind legislation to overhaul the tax system.

September 16, 2016

Sen. Cotton, Rep. Hill: The Social Security Disability Insurance Return to Work Act

Last month marked the 81st anniversary of the Social Security Act, which established the our current retirement payment system for senior citizens.

December 20, 2015

Food stamp debit cards not working in 17 states

People in Ohio, Michigan and 15 other states found themselves unable to use their food stamp debit-style cards on Saturday, after a routine check by vendor Xerox Corp. resulted in a system failure.

December 20, 2015

Social Security benefit increase could be among lowest in decades

Another year, another small raise for millions of people who rely on Social Security, veterans' benefits and federal pensions.

December 20, 2015

Report: Social Security judges rubber-stamp claims

Amid complaints about lengthy waits for Social Security disability benefits, congressional investigators say nearly 200 administrative judges have been rubber-stamping claims, approving billions of dollars in lifetime payments from the cash-strapped program.

December 20, 2015

With Social Security disability fund going broke by 2016, Congress set for partisan, election-year showdown

The 11 million Americans who receive Social Security disability face steep benefit cuts next year unless Congress acts.