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Social Security Reform & Protecting Benefits
TSCL's Social Security Advocacy
Where we stand on a Fairer COLA, the Notch, and Totalization View the Totalization Petition TSCL Sent to Congress!
A PETITION FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES CONCERNING A PROPOSED SOCIAL SECURITY TOTALIZATION GREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Testimony before Congress June 18 2007
A little-known loophole not addressed in the Senate immigration bill, S. 1348, will result in significant damage to the already strained Social Security Trust Fund. Notch Bulletin: Help Us Stop Social Security Lump-Sum For Immigrant Workers!
The Senate recently considered "guest worker" immigration legislation that could have very serious consequences for seniors - especially Notch Babies. Legalization Of Illegal Immigrants Could Affect Your Benefits
TSCL recently testified at a House Subcommittee hearing on immigration reform. Loophole in Senate Immigration Bill to Pay $966 Billion in Social Security to Two Million Illegal Workers
TREA Senior Citizens League to Testify Today Before House Subcommittee on Immigration Would Still Receive Benefits Social Security Trustees Forecast 1.4% COLA
TSCL Gets "Fair COLA" Legislation Re-introduced Totalization With Mexico Would Add Billions In New Costs To Social Security; TSCL Releases First Comprehensive Cost Estimates
A pending Totalization Agreement with Mexico could add more than 1.6 million Mexicans to the rolls and cost in excess of $207 billion by 2040 according to a new report released by TREA Senior Citizens League (TSCL). Totalization With Mexico Would Add Billions In New Costs To Social Security; TSCL Releases First Comprehensive Cost Estimates
A pending Totalization Agreement with Mexico could add more than 1.6 million Mexicans to the rolls and cost in excess of $207 billion by 2040 according to a new report released by TREA Senior Citizens League (TSCL). The Cost of Illegal Earnings Under Totalization With Mexico
Where We Stand on the Social Security "Notch"
Time is running out for Notch Babies. Congress must act soon. It's up to us to see that they do. Preventing Social Security to Illegals Matter of Fiscal Responsibility
For too long, Congress has failed to protect the Social Security Trust Fund and America's future retirees. Working After Retirement Can Reduce Benefits
How Much Can I Earn in 2007? U.S.-Mexico Totalization Agreement Raises Questions
TSCL’s review of the Totalization Agreement and related documents raises a number of significant questions. For example, no new estimates of the cost of the agreement to the Social Security Trust Fund were released to TSCL. Legal Loophole Allows Benefits Based On Illegal Work
A loop-hole in current Social Security law could allow millions of Mexican workers and their dependents to eventually collect Social Security benefits for earnings while working under fraudulent, or non-work-authorized, Social Security numbers. TSCL Makes Copy Of Totalization Agreement Available To Congress
Last July, some two years after the Social Security Administration had signed the agreement with Mexico, an actual copy still had not been disclosed to elected lawmakers or the public, according to the Congressional Research Service. TSCL has made a copy of the Agreement available to Congress and the public. Congressional Corner - Totalization, Amnesty, and Illegal Immigration’s Drain on the Social Security System
America’s immigration policy may make a dramatic shift in the coming months. Social Security Checks Will Stop Increasing As Medicare Premiums Rise
The net amount of Social Security checks will stop increasing for as many as 20% of Social Security recipients within the next six years. Government Turns Over Copy Of Totalization Agreement With Mexico
After repeated refusals over three and a half years, the federal government has released to TREA Senior Citizens League (TSCL) the first known public copy of the Social Security Totalization Agreement with Mexico. Social Security Agreement with Mexico Released After 3-1/2 Year Freedom of Information Act Battle
January 4, 2007 (Washington, DC) – After numerous refusals over three and a half years, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has released the first known public copy of the U.S.-Mexico Social Security Totalization Agreement. 2007 COLA 3.3%
The Social Security Cost-Of-Living Adjustment (COLA) will increase benefits 3.3% in 2007. Despite Today's 2007 Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) Announcement, Many Seniors Will Receive Smaller Social Security Checks Next Year For The First Time
today, the Social Security Administration announced that the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2007 would be 3.3 percent. That increase means that the average senior with a benefit of $1,XXX will see a bump of $XX per month beginning in January. Some Seniors Will See Reductions To Their Social Security Benefits In 2007
Imagine opening your Social Security check next January to discover that your benefits are lower than what you received this year - a good bit lower - and that your Medicare premiums have taken a huge jump. Seniors Petition Congress to Stop U.S./Mexico Social Security Totalization Agreement
U.S./Mexico Social Security Totalization Agreement poses an "undue and unreasonable economic threat" to the fiscal solvency of Social Security, warns a national nonpartisan seniors advocacy organization. TSCL Petitions Congress for "Redress of Grievances" Concerning U.S. /Mexico Social Security Totalization Agreement
Driven by public outrage over the flow of illegal immigrants across the borders, Congress is moving on controversial immigration legislation. Congressional Response: Senator Byron Dorgan (D, ND) Responds to Your Notch Reform Petition
Thank you for expressing your thoughts about the Social Security "notch" issue. Congressional Response: Senator Byron Dorgan (D, ND) Responds to Your COLA Petition
Thank you for sharing your thoughts about the cost of living adjustment (COLA) for seniors. Congressional Response: Senator Byron Dorgan (D, ND) Responds to Your Illegal Alien Amnesty Petition
Thank you for expressing your concerns about Social Security and illegal aliens. Congressional Response: Senator Byron Dorgan (D, ND) Responds to Your Social Security Reform Petition
Thank you for expressing your concerns about the Bush administration's plans for Social Security reform. Congressional Response: Senator George Allen (R, VA) Reponds to Your Social Security COLA Petition
Thank you for contacting me regarding Social Security reform and allowing workers to place a portion of their payroll taxes into personal retirement accounts. Congressional Response: Senator George Allen (R, VA) Reponds to Your Illegal Alien Amnesty Petition
Thank you for contacting me regarding the Social Security Totalization Agreement between the United States and Mexico. I appreciate your concerns and value the opportunity to respond. Congressional Response: Senator George Allen (R, VA) Reponds to Your COLA Petition
Thank you for contacting me about the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment. I appreciate your input and value the opportunity to respond to your concerns. Congressional Response: Senator Geogre Allen (R, VA) Responds to Your Notch Petition
Thank you for contacting me regarding the Social Security "Notch" issue. I appreciate your input and value the opportunity to respond to your concerns. Congressional Response: Representative Gene Green (D-29th, TX) Responds to Your Notch Petition
Thank you for your recent petition in support of Notch fairness. Congressional Response: Representative Gene Green (D-29th, TX) Responds to Your COLA Petition
Thank you for contacting me to express your concern about Social Security, in particular, the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Congressional Response: Representative Gene Green (D-29, TX) Responds to Your Privatization Treaty
Thank you for contacting me to express your opposition to the partial privatization of Social Security. Congressional Response: Representative Virgil Goode (R-5th, VA) Responds to Your Totalization Treaty
I am opposed to amnesty for illegal aliens. Congressional Response: Representative Virgil Goode (R-5th, VA) Responds to Your Notch Petition.
I have consistently supported Notch Year Reform. Congressional Response: Representative Virgil Goode (R-5th, VA) Responds to Your Privatization Petition
I am negatively inclined towards privatization. Why Seniors Should Be Concerned About Privatization
Seniors should be extremely concerned about proposals to privatize Social Security, warns a national non-partisan seniors issue advocacy organization. Congressional Response: Representative Heather Wilson (R-1st, NM) Responds to Your Notch Petition
Thank you for signing the TREA Senior Citizens League petition about the Social Security Notch issue. Congressional Response: Representative Heather Wilson (R-1st, NM) Responds to Your COLA Petition
Thank you for signing the TREA Senior Citizens League petition on the Social Security COLA. Congressional Response: Representative Adam Smith (D-9th, WA) Responds to Your Totalization Petition
First let me say I agree that illegal immigration is a problem in this country. Congressional Response: Representative Adam Smith (D-9th, WA) Responds to Your Notch Petition
You will be happy to know that I am a co-sponsor of H.R. 97, The Notch Fairness Act of 2003. Congressional Response: Representative Adam Smith (D-9th, WA) Responds to Your COLA Petition
In order to preserve Social Security, we must ensure that Social Security is solvent and provides beneficiaries with a reliable benefit that keeps up with inflation. Congressional Response: Representative John P. Murtha (D-12th, PA) Responds to Your Totalization Petition
I appreciate your interest in the prospect of granting illegal Mexican immigrants social security benefits. I am adamantly against rewarding anyone for breaking the law. Congressional Response: Representative John P. Murtha (D-12th, PA) Responds to Your Notch Petition
I've supported correcting the "notch" for Seniors but unfortunately there hasn't been the political support that's needed to pass legislation. Congressional Response: Representative John P. Murtha (D-12th, PA) Responds to Your COLA Petition
I am an original cosponsor of H.R. 2262, The Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act that would base the Social Security COLA on the 20 year old “experimental” Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E). Congressional Response: Representative Steve King (R-5th, IA) Responds to Your Notch Petition
Thank you for contacting me regarding the Social Security “notch.” I appreciate your concerns and will work to remove inequalities from Social Security. Congressional Response: Representative Steve King (R-5th, IA) Responds to Your COLA Petition
Thank you for contacting me to express your thoughts regarding H.R. 2262, the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act. Congressional Response: Representative Brad Sherman (D-27th, CA) Responds to Your COLA Petition
Thank you for your thoughts regarding Social Security Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA). Congressional Response: Representative Jerry F. Costello (D-12th, IL) Responds to Your Notch Petition
I appreciate your interest in this important issue and I completely understand your notch concerns. Congressional Response: Representative Brad Sherman (D-27th, CA) Responds to Your Notch Petition
Thank you for your thoughts regarding the Social Security "notch" issue. Congressional Response: Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-17th, NY) Responds to Your COLA Petition
Knowing of your interest in the Social Security cost of living adjustment (COLA), I wanted to take a moment to share my views with you on this important issue.
Congressional Response: Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-17th, NY) Responds to Your Notch Petition
Thank you for contacting me regarding the Social Security “notch.” I appreciate your interest in this matter.
Congressional Response: Representative Max Sandlin (D-1st, TX) Responds to Your Petition Protesting the Totalization Treaty
Earlier this year... Congressional Response: Representative Max Sandlin (D-1st, TX) Responds to Your COLA Petition
For many seniors, their monthly Social Security benefits are their only, or primary, source of income.
Congressional Response: Representative Max Sandlin (D-1st, TX) Responds to Your Notch Petition
For most seniors every dollar counts. Congressional Response: Representative Virgil H. Goode, Jr. (R-5th, VA) Responds To Your Notch Petition
I support Notch Year Reform. Congressional Response: Representative Virgil H. Goode, Jr. (R-5th, VA) Responds To Your COLA Petition
I support a fair and just Social Security COLA. Congressional Response: Representative Virgil H. Goode, Jr. (R-5th, VA) Responds To Your Petition About Drug Importation
I am a supporter of the Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2003. Congressional Response: Representative Nita Lowey (D,NY) Responds to Your Lockbox Petition
I understand your concerns and completely agree that Congress must act to preserve and protect the Social Security system. Congressional Response: Representative Nita Lowey (D,NY) Responds to Your Notch Reform Petition
Like you, many of my constituents believe that Americans born between 1917 and 1926 have not been treated fairly in terms of their Social Security benefits. Congressional Response: Representative Nita Lowey (D,NY) Responds to Your Cola Petition
I share your disappointment with the small rise in Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) in recent years. Congressional Response: Representative Dale Kildee (D-5th, MI) Responds To Your Lockbox Petition
Because I share your concerns about the Social Security Trust Fund, I voted against the President’s fiscally irresponsible tax cuts because they require the government to use the Social Security Trust Fund to finance other budgetary obligations. Congressional Response: Representative Dale Kildee (D-5th, MI) Responds To Your COLA Petition
Thank you for expressing support for H.R. 2262, the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Seniors Act, a bill that would change the Social Security COLA formula. Congressional Response: Representative Dale Kildee (D-5th, MI) Responds To Your Notch Reform Petition
Thank you for expressing your support for H.R. 97, legislation that would increase the benefits payable to Social Security beneficiaries affected by the “notch” problem. Congressional Response: Representative Wally Herger (R-2nd, CA) Responds To Your Lockbox Petition
Thank you for your interest in the Social Security Trust Fund and the Social Security Lockbox legislation I introduced. Congressional Response: Representative Wally Herger (R-2nd, CA) Responds To Your COLA Petition
As you may know, the Social Security system faces serious long-term structural problems, and I strongly believe that the President and Congress need to work together to preserve and protect Social Security... Congressional Response: Representative Wally Herger (R-2nd, CA) Responds To Your Notch Reform Petition
Thank you for expressing your concerns about the notch problem and for your support of H.R. 97. I fully agree that Congress must provide fairness for all Social Security recipients. Congressional Response: Representative John Boozman (R-3rd, AR) Responds To Your COLA Petition
Thank you for contacting me regarding H.R. 2262, the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act. Congressional Response: Representative John Boozman (R-3rd, AR) Responds To Your Notch Reform Petition
Thank you for taking the time to contact me regarding H.R. 97, The Notch Fairness Act of 2003. Congressional Response: Senator Richard Lugar (R, IN) Responds To Your Lockbox Petition
I am committed to ensuring that Social Security continues to remain strong and that all Social Security recipients receive every dollar they are due. Congressional Response: Senator Richard Lugar (R, IN) Responds To Your COLA Petition
I support an automatic annual COLA for Social Security recipients. Congressional Response: Senator Richard Lugar (R, IN) Responds To Your Notch Reform Petition
I have long favored legislation to correct the Notch, and I have made this
position clear to my colleagues in the Senate and to the Senate Finance
Committee, which has responsibility for Social Security matters. Congressional Response: Representative Spencer Bachus (R-6th, AL) Responds To Your Lockbox Petition
Like you, I believe Social Security must be protected from those who would raid the Trust Fund and use the money on other programs. Congressional Response: Representative Spencer Bachus (R-6th, AL) Responds To Your COLA Petition
Thank you for expressing your support for H.R. 2262, the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act. It is always good to hear from you. Congressional Response: Representative Spencer Bachus (R-6th, AL) Responds To Your Notch Reform Petition
I have agreed to be a co-sponsor of H.R. 97, the Notch Fairness Act of 2003, which would allow workers who reached age 65 between 1981 and 1992 to choose from two options. Congressional Response: Representative Bob Filner (D-51st, CA) Responds To Your Lockbox Petition
I agree that we must not steal from the Social Security Trust Fund... Congressional Response: Representative Bob Filner (D-51st, CA) Responds To Your COLA Petition
I wholeheartedly agree that senior citizens need a fair COLA in order to keep up with expenses that rise each year. Congressional Response: Representative Bob Filner (D-51st, CA) Responds To Your Notch Reform Petition
I agree that notch victims have been unfairly treated and deserve equity.
Congressional Response: Representative Mark Green (R,Wisconsin) Responds To Your Notch Reform Petition
An injustice is happening across America. Congressional Response: Representative Virgil Goode (I, Virginia) Responds To Your Petitions
The responses of petitioners to all of these issues are greatly appreciated. Congressional Response: Senator Richard Lugar (R, Indiana) Responds To Your Lockbox Petition
I am committed to ensuring that Social Security continues to remain strong and that all Social Security recipients receive every dollar they are due. Millions of American seniors depend on Social Security benefits. Congressional Response: Senator Richard Lugar (R, Indiana) Responds To Your COLA Petition
I support an automatic annual COLA for Social Security recipients. Each year the Social Security Administration calculates the cost of living adjustments for the following year. Congressional Response: Senator Richard Lugar (R, Indiana) Responds To Your Notch Reform Petition
I appreciate knowing of support for the Notch Fairness Act. Congressional Response: Representative Robert Simmons (R-2nd, Connecticut) Responds To Your Notch Reform Petition
I agree that the Notch years are unfairly penalizing seniors born between 1917 and 1926. There is simply no reason that these seniors should receive lower Social Security payments than their neighbors who just happen to be born in the years just before or after the Notch period. Congressional Response: Representative Robert Simmons (R-2nd, Connecticut) Responds To Your Lockbox Petition
Thank you for contacting me about government spending the Social Security trust fund. I appreciate your taking the time to share your views with me. I believe that it is absolutely essential that we continue to guarantee the basic benefits that Social Security and Medicare provide to all... Congressional Response: Representative Robert Simmons (R-2nd, Connecticut) Responds To Your COLA Petition
Although the events of September 11th have occupied Congress with the war on terrorism, airport security and reversing the negative effects of the attacks on our economy, it is imperative that we allay the fears of our seniors and guarantee that their Social Security benefits will not be touched. Congressional Response: Representative John Sullivan (R-1st, Oklahoma) Responds To Your Lockbox Petition
As you know the House has already taken action to secure the Social Security lockbox. It is my hope that the Senate will do the same.
Congressional Response: Representative John Sullivan (R-1st, Oklahoma) Responds To Your COLA Petition
Thank you for contacting me to express your concerns about the cost of living adjustment for Social Security recipients. Congressional Response: Representative John Sullivan (R-1st, Oklahoma) Responds To Your Notch Reform Petition
Thank you for sharing your views with me through the TREA website. I appreciate your contacting me in this way, and I am happy to respond to your question on the Notch Fairness Act. Congressional Response: Representative Gene Green (D-29th, Texas) Responds To Your COLA Petition
I am happy to post my concerns about Social Security, in particular, the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) on the TREA Seniors Citizens League website. Congressional Response: Representative Gene Green (D-29th, Texas) Responds To Your Notch Reform Petition
I am a long-time supporter of Notch compensation bills, and am happy to share my views.
Congressional Response: Representative Sue Myrick (R-9th, North Carolina) Responds To Your Lockbox Petition
I have always maintained that Social Security is the people's money and the government must leave it alone. Congressional Response: Representative Sue Myrick (R-9th, North Carolina) Responds To Your Notch Reform Petition
The Social Security "notch" issue has been a concern for some time. Congressional Response: Representative Bob Filner (D-50th, California) Responds To Your Lockbox Petition
I agree that we must not steal from the Social Security Trust Fund, and we must work to make sure that Social Security remains a source of income for future generations of seniors. Congressional Response: Representative Bob Filner (D-50th, California) Responds To Your COLA Petition
The Seniors-Only CPI must be used to calculate annual Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments. Congressional Response: Representative Bob Filner (D-50th, California) Responds To Your Notch Reform Petition
I agree that notch victims have been unfairly treated and deserve equity. Congressional Response: Representative Ronnie Shows (D-4th, Mississippi) Responds To Your Lockbox Petition
I voted for the Social Security “lock box” bill that was approved by the House of Representatives in 1999. Congressional Response: Representative Ronnie Shows (D-4th, Mississippi) Responds To Your COLA Petition.
I agree that the Social Security COLA should reflect the true cost of living for America’s senior citizens.
Congressional Response: Representative Ronnie Shows (D-4th, Mississippi) Responds To Your Notch Reform Petition
I am a strong supporter of measures that offer solutions to end the “notch” inequity. Social Security Reform & Protecting Benefits Archives
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