{"id":16350,"date":"2026-06-11T08:58:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T00:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16350"},"modified":"2026-06-11T08:59:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T00:59:03","slug":"four-senior-senators-express-alarm-push-for-hard-social-security-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16350","title":{"rendered":"Four senior senators express alarm, push for \u2018hard\u2019 Social Security votes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/88.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/88.png 449w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/88-300x174.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four senior senators, two Democrats and two Republicans, are calling on Congress to tackle the \u201chard\u201d debate over how to extend the solvency of Social Security after the program\u2019s trustees issued a new report this week projecting it will face a significant shortfall at the end of 2032.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s clear now that Congress shouldn\u2019t delay any longer. Several of us have been coming together to talk about how we can strengthen Social Security for current and future generations of retirees. We say to our colleagues: join us in doing what we were elected to do \u2014 legislate on hard issues and protect this lifeline program for our kids and grandkids,\u201d Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Tom Kaine (D-Va.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The senators issued their call to action after Social Security\u2019s trustees warned that the program will become insolvent by the end of 2032 and beneficiaries would see their monthly payments reduced by 22 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two Republican senators, Cassidy and Tillis, are both leaving the Senate after the current congressional session. Tillis announced his retirement last year after battling with President Trump over the \u201cBig, Beautiful Bill,\u201d while Cassidy lost a primary to two Trump-backed rivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Durbin, Cassidy, Kaine and Tillis said Congress has good ideas for shoring up the program but needs to find the courage to act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCongress has no shortage of ideas, we just need to actually debate them and vote,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They issued their statement shortly after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Monday that Republicans would advance a plan next year to address the ballooning cost of mandatory spending programs such as Social Security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe reason we are in trouble is because over 74 percent of federal spending is on autopilot, mandatory spending,\u201d Johnson told the \u201cMoon Griffon Show\u201d Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s your entitlement programs like Medicare, Medicaid and then things like Social Security. They have to be adjusted and fixed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have a plan to do that next year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) on Wednesday said Congress \u201cneeds to get their act together\u201d to address Social Security\u2019s looming shortfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCongress needs to get their act together to address Social Security and the insolvency that\u2019s coming, instead of poking blame at other people whenever it is our duty and our responsibility,\u201d Smith said at a hearing with Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Frank Bisignano.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four senior senators, two Democrats and two Republicans, are calling on Congress to tackle the \u201chard\u201d debate over how to extend the solvency of Social Security after the program\u2019s trustees issued a new report this week projecting it will face a significant shortfall at the end of 2032. \u201cIt\u2019s clear now that Congress shouldn\u2019t delay [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":16353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[61],"class_list":["post-16350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - 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