House Holds Hearing on Important Social Security Bill Last week the Social Security Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on…
Congress Punts Once Again Late last week Congress dealt with funding the federal government for fiscal year 2022, which began last October 1, in the…
Social Security Bill Would Boost Benefits For all Beneficiaries And Trust Fund Financing By Shannon Benton, Executive Director Social Security legislation containing a number of…
Congress Takes a Break – Again! Even though they have such important issues they must deal with before the end of the year, Congress is…
Congress Faces Crush of “Must-Do” Legislation with Time Running Out Congress was formally in recess last week although committee work continued. But they are back…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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. …

