They were six months past their deadline but in late March Congress finally managed to pass the last legislation needed to fund the government for…
The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) Monthly Washington Update for the end of February 2024 At the end of this first week of March, it’s time…
The January CPI-W (Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers) came in at 2.9%. That’s higher than the inflation trends indicated last…
While this update covers what happened in Washington during January regarding issues important to seniors, it also will report on the upcoming events and issues…
For immediate release: January 16, 2024 Inflation Rate Starts Year Higher than COLA, But Big Drop Ahead Millions of Social Security beneficiaries are facing an…
December 2023 Update
The costs of prescription drugs and working to lower them will be among the top health issues facing the Biden administration in 2024, with Supreme…
According to a report in StatNews, “… the U.S. government spent more on health care last year than the governments of Germany, the U.K., Italy,…
One of the few things the House of Representatives managed to accomplish in 2023 was the passage on December 11 of H.R. 5378, the Lower…
As has become usual in recent years, Congress failed to pass the legislation needed to fund the federal government for the new fiscal year 2024.…