Senate may Vote this Week to Lower Prescription Drug Prices The drama over reducing prescription drug prices grabbed the headlines last week when Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D- ...
Category: Legislative News
Week Ending July 23, 2022
Congress Heads Toward August Recess with Much Left to Do This week is the final week the House of Representatives will be in session before the annual August congressional recess. The Senate is scheduled to stay in Wa ...
Week Ending July 16, 2022
TSCL Makes News on Social Security COLA Increase Once again, TSCL is being quoted in a number of media outlines regarding its forecast of the 2023 Social Security COLA. Among them is Yahoo Finance, which said this: ...
Week Ending July 9, 2022
New Senate Bill would Lower Drug Prices – Extend Social Security Last week we told you that Senate Democrats have revealed they will make one last try to pass a bill to lower prescription drug costs before Congress g ...
Update for Week Ending July 2, 2022
TSCL Endorses New Legislation to Protect Seniors from Misleading Drug Ads A new bill was just introduced into the House of Representatives that would protect seniors, prevent drug manufacturers from obscuring dangerou ...
Update for Week Ending June 25, 2022
Bill to Reduce Insulin Costs Revealed in the Senate Last week U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) – Co-Chairs of the Senate Diabetes Caucus – announced their new bipartisan legislation, t ...
The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) Weekly Update for Week Ending June 18, 2022
Seniors Struggle with Health Care Bloomberg Business News has reported that “Older Americans are sacrificing basic necessities to afford costly health services, according to a (Gallup) survey that shows how many elder ...
Update for Week Ending June 11, 2022
New Social Security Bill Introduced – TSCL Endorses Last week Congressman Peter DeFazio and Senator Bernie Sanders introduced joint legislation, the Social Security Expansion Act (SSEA), to strengthen and expand Socia ...
Update for Week Ending June 4, 2022
Good News, if only Temporary, About Social Security/Medicare While Congress was on Memorial Day recess last week the annual Social Security Trustee Report was released. It announced that the financial health of Social ...
Update for Week Ending May 28, 2022
Remembering The Fallen We begin this update by remembering and honoring those who “gave the last full measure of devotion” to our nation. May we, in President Lincoln’s words, “resolve these dead shall not have died i ...