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Issue

Social Security

13
tracked promises
100%
of scored promises kept
12
stated positions
12/0
declared / inferred
12
officials on record

Officials on Social Security

Officials on this issue
DSheldon Whitehouse21
RSusan M. Collins1100%1
DTammy Baldwin1100%1
DBen Ray Luján1100%1
DElizabeth Warren1100%1
DAngie Craig1100%1
DMaria Cantwell11
RBill Cassidy11
RTom Cole11
DChris Van Hollen11
DRuben Gallego11
DMargaret Wood Hassan11

Positions on record

  • Angie CraigStated position

    Repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset to restore full Social Security benefits for public servants such as teachers, police officers, and firefighters (Social Security Fairness Act).

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  • Susan M. CollinsStated position

    Long championed repealing the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset for public-sector retirees; her Social Security Fairness Act repealing both provisions was signed into law on January 5, 2025 (a kept commitment).

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  • Tom ColeStated position

    I will pass the Bipartisan Social Security Commission Act (H.R. 9187) to create a 13-member bipartisan commission required to produce, within one year, a plan to ensure Social Security's long-term solvency.

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  • Chris Van HollenStated position

    Introduced the Strengthen Social Security by Taxing Dynastic Wealth Act, pledging to end the Republican estate-tax reduction and direct the resulting revenue toward shoring up Social Security.

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  • Margaret Wood HassanStated position

    Pledged to continue standing up to anyone who threatens Social Security, defending the program's benefits against changes she attributes to the administration.

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  • Maria CantwellStated position

    Pledged to oppose any privatization of Social Security and to protect earned benefits, including pushing for a cost-of-living adjustment based on a consumer price index for the elderly (CPI-E) so benefits keep pace with inflation.

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  • Bill CassidyStated position

    Proposed creating a new government investment fund, running in parallel to (not replacing) the Social Security trust fund, seeded with an estimated $1.5 trillion up-front investment and given 75 years to grow, to keep Social Security solvent — while committing that current beneficiaries and people nearing retirement would see no change to their benefits. Bipartisan plan co-authored with Sen. Tim Kaine.

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  • Sheldon WhitehouseStated position

    Committed to protect and expand Social Security, opposing Republican-proposed benefit cuts to the program.

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  • Ruben GallegoStated position

    Pass the bipartisan Social Security Overpayment Relief Act to cap the Social Security Administration's overpayment claw-back lookback period at 10 years.

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  • Ben Ray LujánStated position

    Committed to fight to protect Social Security so that seniors can retire in dignity.

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  • Tammy BaldwinStated position

    Protect and expand Social Security so beneficiaries can count on the guaranteed benefits they have paid into.

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  • Elizabeth WarrenStated position

    Pass the Social Security Expansion Act to increase benefits by about $2,400 a year and extend the program's solvency for 75 years by applying the payroll tax to income above $250,000.

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