The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) Monthly Washington Update for the end of October 2023 Medicare Open Enrollment Period Has Begun In case you haven’t heard, the Medicare open enrollment period has started, and it run ...
Category: Legislative News
September 2023
Disarray in the House of Representatives Anyone paying any attention to the news knows the drama in Congress, specifically in the House of Representatives. For the first time in American history, a Speaker of the Hou ...
August 2023
These are the stories we cover in this issue of our TSCL Washington Update. The coming of September means Congress faces a mad rush to keep the government from shutting down on October 1; the Biden Administration anno ...
July 2023
With So Much Left to do, Congress takes a Vacation for the Next Six Weeks The members of Congress left town late last week for their annual August recess. However, they left a huge pile of work with little time left to ...
June 2023
Congress is not in session this week because of the July 4 holiday. If you had a 4th of July parade in your community, you may have seen your Senators or your Representative in the parade. Riding in parades is something ...
May 2023
Seniors Dodge Catastrophe This Time, but Will They in Two Years? By far, the biggest accomplishment by Congress this year has been the passage of legislation to raise the government’s debt ceiling. Although defaulting o ...
April 2023
Extra COVID-19 Booster now Available for Seniors and other High-risk Americans In mid-April, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that people 65 or older with one Pfizer or Moderna updated booster can roll ...
March 2023
The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) Monthly Washington Update for the end of March 2023 March turned out to be a very busy month for issues Seniors are concerned about. We have reports about Social Security and Medicar ...
February 2023
Congress Off to a Slow Start Congress is off to a slower start this year, even as critical issues that soon must be dealt with remain unsettled. This seems to be especially true in the House of Representatives, which ...
January 2023
This is our first update of the activities in Washington, D.C., regarding the issues of particular importance to seniors in 2023. As in the past, we will cover the actions of Congress as well as the Biden Administratio ...