Legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs remains one of TSCL’s top priorities. Although the House of Representatives has passed a bill to accomplish that priority, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) ...
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The Senior Citizens League Weekly Update
Once again this week the impeachment of President Trump dominated the news involving Congress and Washington in general. Even so, work continued on a host of other issues, many of which are of great importance to senior ...
Majority of Retirees Think Congress Should Modify Social Security COLA
(Washington, DC) – Eighty - five percent of retirees think Congress should modify Social Security to provide a higher annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), and they support very gradually raising payroll taxes to pay ...
The Senior Citizens League Legislative Update for Janaury 10, 2020
Because they could not reach a deal to lower prescription drug prices last year, members of Congress are feeling the pressure this year to get something done to accomplish that goal. But that runs headlong into the fact ...
The Senior Citizens League Legislative Update
The Senior Citizens League begins this update by wishing each of you the very best in this New Year. We took a break last week from publishing our update since most people's days were filled with activities more importa ...
The Senior Citizens League Weekly Update for Week Ending December 20, 2019
This week a lot of important things happened in Washington that have nothing to do with impeachment. Congress voted on funding for the federal government for the rest of the 2020, a public fight broke out between two po ...
Medicare Premiums Set To Take One Of Biggest Jumps In Years
(Washington, DC) Medicare Part B premiums are getting set to make one of the biggest jumps in 14 years, according to new analysis from The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). While the Social Security cost-of-living adjustme ...
The Senior Citizens League Weekly Update for Week Ending December 13, 2019
There is good news this week for seniors regarding Medicare and Social Security. You may have already seen the alert TSCL Chairman Rick Delaney sent out about the new legislation. Yesterday the House passed H.R. 3, The ...
The Senior Citizens League Weekly Update for Week Ending December 6, 2019
You wouldn't know it by watching the news or reading your newspaper but things besides the impeachment hearings are actually happening in Washington. In fact, there are areas in which members of both parties are working ...
Tax on Social Security Benefits of “Wealthy” Retirees Now Affects Half of All Retiree Households
(Washington, DC) Roughly one - half of all retiree households report that a portion of their Social Security benefits are subject to taxation, according to recent survey results from The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). ...
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