Issue
Social Security, Medicare & Retirement
Officials on Social Security, Medicare & Retirement
| DJoe Biden | 15 | 40% | 1 |
| RDonald J. Trump | 15 | 0% | 1 |
| DAngela D. Alsobrooks | 2 | 50% | 2 |
| DSheldon Whitehouse | 2 | — | 1 |
| DJacky Rosen | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| IBernard Sanders | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| RSusan M. Collins | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| DKirsten E. Gillibrand | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| DTammy Baldwin | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| DRichard Blumenthal | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| DBen Ray Luján | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| DElizabeth Warren | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| DAngie Craig | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| RJames C. Justice | 1 | 0% | 1 |
| RKevin Cramer | 1 | 0% | 1 |
| DMaria Cantwell | 1 | — | 1 |
| RBill Cassidy | 1 | — | 1 |
| RTom Cole | 1 | — | 1 |
| DChris Van Hollen | 1 | — | 1 |
| DRuben Gallego | 1 | — | 1 |
| DMargaret Wood Hassan | 1 | — | 1 |
| DLisa Blunt Rochester | 1 | — | 1 |
| DHaley Stevens | 1 | — | 1 |
| RRick Scott | 1 | — | 1 |
| RJim Banks | 1 | — | 1 |
| DMikie Sherrill | 1 | — | 1 |
| DBrendan F. Boyle | 1 | — | 1 |
| DAmish Shah | 1 | — | 1 |
| RGabe Evans | 1 | — | 1 |
| DManny Rutinel | 1 | — | 1 |
| DMarcy Kaptur | 1 | — | 1 |
| RRyan Mackenzie | 1 | — | 1 |
Positions on record
- Ryan MackenzieStated position
Oppose any budget or legislation that reduces Social Security or Medicare benefits.
View position & sources → - Marcy KapturStated position
Protect Social Security and Medicare from benefit cuts and privatization.
View position & sources → - Manny RutinelStated position
Protect Social Security and Medicare — block any benefit cuts and any increase to the retirement age.
View position & sources → - Amish ShahStated position
Protect Medicare and Social Security from cuts.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - 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).
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - Angela D. AlsobrooksStated position
Alsobrooks advocates for eliminating the payroll cap on Social Security taxes to ensure the program's long-term solvency.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - Kirsten E. GillibrandStated position
Push to expand Social Security benefits so they better keep up with inflation.
View position & sources → - 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).
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - Mikie SherrillStated position
Make a full pension payment, fully funding the state pension system in her first budget.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - Sheldon WhitehouseStated position
Committed to protect and expand Social Security, opposing Republican-proposed benefit cuts to the program.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - Ben Ray LujánStated position
Committed to fight to protect Social Security so that seniors can retire in dignity.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - Bernard SandersStated position
Protect and expand Social Security, increasing benefits and extending solvency by lifting the payroll-tax cap on high incomes.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - Tammy BaldwinStated position
Protect and expand Social Security so beneficiaries can count on the guaranteed benefits they have paid into.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - 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.
View position & sources → - 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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