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Issue

Social Security, Medicare & Retirement

62
tracked promises
37%
of scored promises kept
33
stated positions
33/0
declared / inferred
32
officials on record

Officials on Social Security, Medicare & Retirement

Positions on record

  • Ryan MackenzieStated position

    Oppose any budget or legislation that reduces Social Security or Medicare benefits.

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  • Marcy KapturStated position

    Protect Social Security and Medicare from benefit cuts and privatization.

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  • Manny RutinelStated position

    Protect Social Security and Medicare — block any benefit cuts and any increase to the retirement age.

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  • Amish ShahStated position

    Protect Medicare and Social Security from cuts.

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  • Haley StevensStated position

    As U.S. Senator, protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid — the benefits Michiganders paid into over a lifetime of work — against cuts.

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  • 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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  • James C. JusticeStated position

    Committed to defend Social Security benefits and protect Medicare, and to work to stop what he calls reckless spending so those programs remain solvent.

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  • Angela D. AlsobrooksStated position

    Alsobrooks advocates for eliminating the payroll cap on Social Security taxes to ensure the program's long-term solvency.

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  • Angela D. AlsobrooksStated position

    As a U.S. Senator, Alsobrooks will advocate for the protection and preservation of Social Security and Medicare, and stands against raising the retirement age or cutting benefits.

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  • Kevin CramerStated position

    Cramer committed to pursuing Social Security and Medicare solvency through incremental program changes affecting only future recipients aged 55 and under, while preserving benefits for those currently relying on them.

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  • Kirsten E. GillibrandStated position

    Push to expand Social Security benefits so they better keep up with inflation.

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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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  • Lisa Blunt RochesterStated position

    Enact the Medicare Cost Cap Act to create a $5,000 annual cap on out-of-pocket costs for Traditional Medicare beneficiaries.

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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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  • Mikie SherrillStated position

    Make a full pension payment, fully funding the state pension system in her first budget.

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  • Jim BanksStated position

    Introduced the Providing Complete Information to Retirement Investors Act to require employer retirement plans to disclose the distinction between fiduciary-selected investments and self-directed brokerage options.

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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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  • Brendan F. BoyleStated position

    Pass the Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act, which Boyle co-leads with Sen. Whitehouse, requiring taxpayers earning over $400,000 to pay a fairer share so that Social Security and Medicare solvency is extended by at least 75 years.

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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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  • Rick ScottStated position

    Pass the Protect Our Seniors Act to preserve Social Security and Medicare by establishing a budget point of order requiring a two-thirds vote to pass any measure that would reduce Medicare or Social Security benefits.

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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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  • Donald J. TrumpStated position

    We will have no tax on tips, no tax on overtime and no tax on Social Security benefits for our seniors.

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  • Bernard SandersStated position

    Protect and expand Social Security, increasing benefits and extending solvency by lifting the payroll-tax cap on high incomes.

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  • Gabe EvansStated position

    Protect Social Security benefits from cuts and support efforts to make Social Security tax-free; will vote to protect Social Security for seniors.

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  • Jacky RosenStated position

    Committed to fight against any attempts to cut or target Social Security and Medicare, and to oppose efforts to privatize or weaken these programs.

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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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  • Joe BidenStated position

    [The platform proposes enabling] older workers to choose between their employer-provided plans, the public option, or enrolling in Medicare when they turn 60, instead of having to wait until they are 65.

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  • Richard BlumenthalStated position

    Pledged to protect Social Security and Medicare benefits and to oppose cuts to those programs as part of debt-ceiling and deficit-reduction negotiations.

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