This week, The Senior Citizens League’s (TSCL) Board of Trustees and legislative team held meetings with several Members of Congress and their top staff. In addition, the Board of Trustees presented one Member of Congres ...

This week, the House of Representatives adjourned for a recess while Members of the Senate kept busy on Capitol Hill. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a fiscal 2013 spending bill for labor, health, and educat ...

This week, action on Capitol Hill was slow as both Houses of Congress focused on spending and reauthorization bills for Homeland Security, the Department of Agriculture, and the Food and Drug Administration. However, The ...

This week, action on Capitol Hill remained slow as the Senate adjourned for a week-long holiday recess and Representatives in the House focused on various reauthorization bills. However, The Senior Citizens League did se ...

This week, action on Capitol Hill slowed down as the House of Representatives adjourned for a holiday recess, and the Senate focused on legislation to reauthorize programs within the FDA. Meanwhile, TSCL expressed suppor ...

Deficit talks continued on Capitol Hill this week as Congressional leaders met with President Obama to discuss the deficit, and the Senate considered several budget resolutions. Meanwhile, The Senior Citizens League expr ...

This week, The Senior Citizens League’s legislative team met with several Members of Congress and their top staff to discuss key issues affecting seniors. Additionally, two Members of Congress introduced a plan to repeal ...

This week, action on Capitol Hill slowed down as both Houses of Congress adjourned for a spring recess. Meanwhile, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force held a news conference announcing its recent “mega bust,” and TSCL saw su ...

This week, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports on the financial health of the programs. In addition, Senator David Vitter’s (LA) Notch Fairness Act and Representative Buck McKeon’s (CA ...

This week, Senate Budget Chair Kent Conrad (ND) released his Fiscal Commission Budget Plan, which would overhaul the tax code and make major changes to both Social Security and Medicare. In addition, TSCL saw support gro ...