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August 14, 2025

HCR on the 90th Anniversary of Social Security

On August 14, 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. While he had already put in place new measures to regulate business and banking and......
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July 17, 2025

The Big Ugly Bill and Seniors

On July 4, the Republican budget reconciliation bill, H.R. 1, became law. The law will take health coverage away from 17 million Americans and will make more than a trillion......
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June 03, 2025

Republicans "Big Beautiful Bill" means cuts for Seniors and others

SENIORS BEWARE:  YOUR HEALTH IS AT RISK Demand the Senate reject Cuts to Medicaid and Medicare  On May 22, the House of Representatives passed a budget reconciliation bill that makes......
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January 22, 2025

WEP HR.82 has been repealed!

  At 6:16am EST on 20 December, the Senate voted to PASS HR.82 - the Social Security Fairness Act by a vote of 72 to 20 after all 4 Amendments......
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September 27, 2024

Stories of Rural America

This important note about our farmers Rural communities care deeply about issues that align with Democratic values, though this often goes unnoticed in the media. This country was built on......
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September 27, 2024

Project 2025 - Bad News

Senior Caucus members should know that Democrats Abroad members aged 65+ represent approximately 25% of membership, not including the many members who did not indicate their age. We are a......
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April 22, 2024

Social Security Works for all Americans

Our first webinar for 2024 featured guest speaker Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works who spoke on how we can create a better world for ourselves and future generations where Democrats prevail and......
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February 06, 2024

Call to Action! Windfall Elimination Provision

Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) News Call To Action! Our WEP team needs your help to eliminate WEP.We urge you to contact your Representative and Senators today!House bill H.R.82 has over 300......
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October 25, 2023

Brendan Read, Chair of our Seniors WEP Committee has been extremely busy

Brendan Read, Chair of our Seniors WEP Committee has been extremely busy this month interacting with the national GPO/WEP group state-side. He has also written this op-ed piece which we......
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April 26, 2023

Share Your American Abroad Tax Horror Story with Congress

An email from the Democrats Abroad Taxation Task Force: The Democrats Abroad Taxation Task Force will be meeting with Members of Congress in Washington DC face-to-face from June 12-16. We......
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