Established in 1992, The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) is one of the nation’s largest nonpartisan seniors groups. We are here to ensure that you receive the benefits you earned and to help you in any way we can!

Senate Haggles Over How to Pay for Adding Popular Benefits to Medicare By Shannon Benton, Executive Director Senate Democrats have committed to adding dental, vision, and hearing care to Medicare, in addition to ex ...

TSCL’s Endorsement Sought for Social Security Bill Last week TSCL was contacted by the office of Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-Wash.) seeking our endorsement of legislation he is introducing titled the “Social Security ...

Congress is Running out of Time As we’ve previously reported, the Senate will return for votes starting on September 15 while the House won’t be back to begin voting until September 20.  Various Congressional committe ...

Congress Out of Session – Sort Of The House and the Senate remain officially out of session for their August break, but saying that is a bit deceptive.  It means the House and Senate chambers in the Capitol are closed ...

So far, No August Break for Senators As we reported last week, August is the month when both houses of Congress traditionally take a break, both for government and personal travel, as well as working in their states a ...

Questions To Ask At Your Next Town Hall By Shannon Benton, Executive Director During the month of August, Congress is in recess and many Members plan town halls to meet with constituents.  We encourage you to atten ...

It’s August – Congress’ Traditional Vacation Month The House of Representatives has recessed for the month of August which means members will be going back home to their districts to meet with constituents.  Many will ...

TSCL Endorses Social Security Legislation Last week TSCL was contacted by the office of Rep. Al Lawson (D-Fla.), to ask if we would once again endorse his bill, the Social Security for Future Generations Act. The Cong ...

The parameters of whatever new health care legislation is passed by Congress this year have now been laid out by the Democratic majorities in both Houses.  We cover these Democratic proposals because they hold the – extr ...

As we have reported in the past, when it comes to issues affecting seniors the overwhelming attention of Congress this year is on lowering prescription drug prices. Our analysis of TSCL-supported legislation introduce ...