Tag: Retirement Security

For 45 years, Democrats have fought to protect Medicare and preserve one of our nation's bedrock promises to America's seniors. According to a new report released yesterday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Affordable Care Act extends the solvency… Continue

Forty-five years ago, President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare into law–making a bedrock promise to seniors then and for generations to follow: Sitting by President Johnson’s side on July 30th, 1965 was President Truman, who that same day became the first Medicare beneficiary… Continue

This August, Social Security–a bedrock promise Americans have earned with a lifetime of hard work–turns 75. In 2005, President George W. Bush and Congressional Republicans pushed cuts and a risky Social Security privatization scheme. Democrats and the American people said ‘no.’ If… Continue

Today, Alan Blinder, a Princeton professor and former vice chairman of the Fed, and Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, released a new study the New York Times calls “a first stab at comprehensively estimating the effects of the economic policy… Continue

In a desperate attempt to distract from their admission that the GOP economic strategy is more of the same failed Bush-Republican policies that got us into this mess, Congressional Republicans are telling reporters that they are crafting an agenda that will focus… Continue

After joining President Bush in his failed attempt to privatize Social Security, House Republican Leader John Boehner and Congressional Republicans are at it again. Yesterday, Boehner described the GOP's alternative budget proposal — authored by Republican Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin —… Continue

Today, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law–common-sense rules to ensure Wall Street and big banks can't play Russian Roulette again with our futures. We know from experience they're not going to police themselves. The… Continue

At 11:30am EST, President Obama will sign the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law–watch live: JOIN THE LIVE CHAT VISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOV Learn more about the legislation»

In 2005, President Bush and Congressional Republicans tried to privatize Social Security and cut benefits. Democrats and the American people said no. As we celebrate Social Security on its 75th anniversary next month, Social Security is once again under assault by Congressional… Continue

Speaker Pelosi, House Leaders, Committee Chairs, and Members of Congress delivered remarks this afternoon in the Capitol at an enrollment ceremony to sign the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and send it to President Obama for his signature: The House… Continue