This week, Senator Bernie Sanders (VT) and Representative Peter DeFazio (OR-4) introduced new legislation that would strengthen and expand the Social Security program. In addition, lawmakers adjourned ...
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Legislative Update: Febru ...
TSCL’s Board of Trustees Visits Capitol Hill By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Director In December — just before the 115th Congress came to a close — The Senior Citizens League’s (TSCL’s ...
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This week, President Donald Trump delivered his third State of the Union Address and the House Ways and Means Committee met to discuss retirement security in America. President Trump Delivers State ...
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Despite Tax Overhaul Soci ...
(Washington, DC) While the 2017 “Tax Cut and Jobs Act” is expected to lower taxes for many taxpayers, it doesn’t address a feature of the tax law that takes a cut of Social Security income fro ...
New Tax Law Uses Backdoor ...
(Washington, DC) – The 2017 “Tax Cut and Jobs Act” uses an alternate measure of inflation that will increase what people pay in taxes in coming years, warns The Senior Citizens League. The new ...
Expiring Medicare Part D ...
NEWS RELEASE January 15, 2019 (Washington, DC) An expiring provision of law that affects what Medicare Part D beneficiaries must spend out-of-pocket will significantly increase the financial b ...
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