How to avoid a Social Security cut? Lawmakers race to save retirement benefits
- Democrat Dick Durbin and Republican Bill Cassidy are spending their final months as senators attempting to protect tens of millions of Social Security beneficiaries from a projected 22% cut starting in six years.
- Tackling the issue is one of the most politically hazardous efforts a member of Congress can undertake, making it notable that the drive is being led by two lawmakers with little to lose at this point in their careers.
- "We’ve been at this six years, eight years.
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- Democrat Dick Durbin and Republican Bill Cassidy are spending their final months as senators attempting to protect tens of millions of Social Security beneficiaries from a projected 22% cut starting in six years.
- Tackling the issue is one of the most politically hazardous efforts a member of Congress can undertake, making it notable that the drive is being led by two lawmakers with little to lose at this point in their careers.
- "We’ve been at this six years, eight years.
Sources: The Independent