Social Security

• House Republican Budget is a Frontal Assault on the Needs of Seniors

  March 17, 2015: Statement of Richard Fiesta, Executive Director the Alliance for Retired Americans regarding the House Republican Budget “The budget plan put forward by House Republicans today is a frontal assault on the needs of seniors, persons with disabilit...Read more >

• Executive Action on Immigration Will Improve the Finances of Social Security and Medicare

  November 21, 2014: 21 Protection of Millions from Deportation is Not the Only Benefit The following statement was issued today by Barbara J. Easterling, President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, and Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the All...Read more >

• 79 Years Ago…

  August 14, 2014: On August 14 Social Security is turning 79 and we are celebrating with birthday parties around the country! This card will be delivered to members of Congress everywhere, reminding them how important our Social Security system is to Americans of all ...Read more >

• Call Your U.S. Representative Today to Stop the Closing of our Social Security Offices

  July 22, 2014: Over the last few years, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has seen its budget drastically cut by Congress, resulting in 11,000 fewer staff to provide customer service to the roughly 25 million Americans who visited Field Offices in 2013. T...Read more >

• 95,000 Petition Signatures Gathered to Stop Social Security Administration Offices from Closing

  June 18, 2014: Closing Has Already Occurred in Chicago Chicago – On Wednesday, June 18, the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging is holding a hearing to examine the impact of recent Social Security field office closures and service cuts. In conjunction with ...Read more >

• Stop Closing Our Social Security Offices

  June 17, 2014: Since 2010, some members of Congress have been so intent on cutting your earned benefits that they’ve forced the country through a series of self-imposed crises. But benefit cuts aren’t the only way to dismantle our Social Security system. There ...Read more >

• RAISE Your Voice For Social Security

  June 11, 2014: Yesterday, Senators Mark Begich (D-AK) and Patty Murray (D-WA) announced exciting new legislation to expand Social Security. The Retirement and Income Security Enhancement Act of 2014 (or RAISE Act) would increase benefits for many widows, widowers a...Read more >

• Tell Marco Rubio: RESPECT YOUR ELDERS, INCLUDING OUR SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE!

  May 13, 2014: Yesterday, Florida Senator and potential presidential candidate Marco Rubio called for the end of Social Security and Medicare. In a speech at the National Press Club in Washington DC, he reiterated what he has said in the past: The only way to s...Read more >

• Seniors Celebrate Removal of Chained CPI Social Security Cut from President Obama’s Budget

  February 20, 2014: The following statement was issued today by Barbara Franklin, President of the Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans: “We are thrilled with reports that President Obama heard Alliance members from across the country and removed the chained CPI...Read more >

• Special Conference Call with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders

  January 22, 2014: As I hope you know, you have been part of a successful effort to prevent major cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.  Your help is much appreciated. In November, a number of grass-roots organizations came together and presented Congress...Read more >