Congress Takes a Break – Again! Even though they have such important issues they must deal with before the end of the year, Congress is in recess this week because of the Thanksgiving holiday. It is hard to believe th ...

New Prescription Drug Price Reduction Agreed on Last week the Democratic majorities in Congress reached an agreement on new measures to begin reducing prescription drug prices.  These are not as far-reaching as those ...

Social Security 2100 bill Reintroduced We start this week’s update with good news! Last week Congressman John Larson (D-Conn.), Chairman of the Social Security Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee, in ...

Provision Allowing Medicare To Negotiate Drug Prices Part Of Reconciliation Legislation, But Fate Not Certain By Shannon Benton, Executive Director Prescription drug costs are a major concern for retired and disabl ...

No End in Site for the Stalemate in Congress For the last month, at least, we’ve been reporting each week on the fate of attempts by the slim Democratic majorities in Congress to put together legislation that would im ...

Senate Passes Bill to Avoid Default Despite a monumental work load before the end of the year, the Senate is not in session this week.  Last week they managed to come up with enough votes to prevent a default on the n ...

TSCL Proposes $1,400 Stimulus for Seniors Last week TSCL Chairman Rick Delaney sent letters to the leaders of Congress proposing a one-time $1,400 Social Security stimulus payment for seniors. The letter said in pa ...

Congress Struggles to Meet Looming Deadlines One of the most accurate things you can say about Congress last week and this current week is that things are fluid. As we reported last week, the Democratic majority is ...

Will the Government Shut Down in 10 Days? It’s do or die time for Congress.  Unless they can pass a federal government funding bill in the next 10 days the government will shut down on October 1.  And those 10 days ar ...