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Both Houses of Congress have adjourned for the August recess. As such, there..... |
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It was a peculiar week at the U.S. Capitol as Members of Congress briefly returned to Washington—interrupting the August recess—to work on..... |
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If you are a Social Security beneficiary, you know all too well the impact of not receiving a cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) this year. |
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The Social Security and Medicare Trustees’ reports were finally released this week. The reports detailed..... |
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This week Members of Congress debated an extension of unemployment benefits, held final votes on a financial regulatory overhaul, and ..... |
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With Members of Congress back in town there was plenty of Congressional action this week...... |
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President Obama recess appoints Dr. Donald Berwick to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).... |
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Recently, President Obama’s “National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform” held its second official public meeting. |
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The Senior Citizens League (TSCL)’s Board of Trustees was in town for their quarterly visit and traveled to Capitol Hill for numerous meetings with Members of Congress and top staff. The Senate continued the intense..... |
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When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act were signed into law in March there was much media coverage and discussion about the new benefits of the laws as well as the new taxes associated with them. |
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In March of this year, after nearly a year of debate in Congress, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law. |
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released estimates that the Social Security Trust Funds will run a cash deficit of $28 billion this year. |
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During debate on the Senate healthcare overhaul bill, the Senate voted down a bipartisan amendment that TSCL believes would have helped seniors lower their out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs. |
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The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) was pleasantly surprised in early December to learn about a new bill in Congress that, if passed, would provide senior citizens with a fairer cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA). |
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TSCL took the lead in getting Emergency COLA legislation in play last fall, but as of this writing Congress still has not taken any action on behalf of seniors. |
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This week the Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Harry Reid (NV), released his long anticipated health care overhaul bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. |
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This has been one of the busiest years ever for The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). The following are highlights of where things now stand... |
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The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) staff was hard at work this week as they continued to monitor work on the proposed legislation to overhaul the U.S. health care system. |
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It's chaos on Capitol Hill like never before. We saw it firsthand in our recent visits while Congress was working on healthcare reform legislation. The Senate and House bills that make up the massive legislation, after several revisions, are still being crafted and refined in Congress. |
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Is Entitlement Reform in the Near Future?
By Jamie McMillen, TSCL Legislative Director |
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At TSCL we strive to defend those issues that are most important to our members and supporters. That’s why, each year, we survey our members and ask them, “What’s important to you?” We take those answers and base our legislative agenda around them. |
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The Time is NOW for a Fair Social Security COLA!
Jamie McMillen, TSCL Legislative Director |
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Legislative Updates 
