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The Strengthening Social Security Act (No bill): Proposals to extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds and improve benefits. The Safeguarding American Families & Expanding Social Security Act (S. 3462): Proposals to update and modernize Social Security benefits and to extend solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds. The Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act (S. 2614 and H.R. 4968): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries and to ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program by altering the payroll tax cap. The Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement Act (No bill): Proposals to improve benefits for widows and widowers in two-income households. The Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act (SWIFT Act) (S. 3255): Proposal to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses; Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act (H.R. 3517): Proposal would improve Social Security benefits by increasing the Special Minimum Benefit, boosting benefits for seniors who have on the Social Security rolls for a long period of time, restore student benefits to age 26 and extend the life of the Trust Funds by eliminating the cap on Social Security benefits and phasing-in an increase in the payroll tax rate. The Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act (H.R. 6424 and S. 3357): Proposal to increase the lump-sum benefit amount payable upon the death of a beneficiary to take into account inflation. Social Security Funding. The Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act (H.R. 3271 and S. 1690): Proposals to close the loophole for wealthy individuals who bypass paying the net investment income tax (NIIT) and directing the revenue to the Social Security Trust Funds and to the Hospital Insurance Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A that covers inpatient care in hospitals. Cutting Social Security by Raising the Retirement Age. Affirming the Presidents Promise Not to Raise the Social Security and Medicare Retirement Age (H. Res. 657): House Resolution opposing raising Social Security or Medicare eligibility age. Caregiver Social Security Credits. The Social Security Caregiver Credits Act (No bill): Proposal to provide Social Security wage credits for individuals who reduce their participation in the workforce or leave the workforce to provide care to specified family members and relatives. Social Security Notch. (No bill): Proposals to ensure that Social Security benefits for individuals born in 1960 and 1961 are not reduced as a result of the coronavirus-related drop in the average wage index. Protecting Seniors from Garnishment. (No bill): Proposal to protect Social Security beneficiaries from having their Social Security benefits garnished to recover unpaid student loans. Social Security Disability Insurance Claim Adjudication. (No bill): Proposal to nullify the rule finalized by the Social Security Administration on November 16, 2020, that outlines when its administrative appeals judges may hold hearings and issue decisions on individual cases. Currently, these judges serve an appellate function where they review, at the request of Social Security claimants, the decisions of the administrative law judges who issue decisions in individual cases. Social Security Overpayments. (H.R. 2999, H.R. 2142 and S. 1023): Proposals to protect retirees, survivors and people with disabilities from being forced to repay extra Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits they received through no fault of their own. Strengthening Beneficiaries Rights. (No bill): Various proposals relating to the protection and rights available to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries. Social Security Benefit Statements. The Know Your Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to implement section 1143 of the Social Security Act by clarifying the Social Security Administration is required to mail annual benefit statements to all workers over age 25. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act (S. 4001 and H.R. 7828): Proposals to strengthen and restore the SSI program. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (H.R. 2540 and S. 1234): Proposal to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update the resource limit for Supplemental Security Income eligibility. The Fairness in Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude the portion of a lump-sum Social Security benefit payment that relates to periods prior to the taxable year from the determination of household income as it relates to SSI eligibility. Retirement Plan Distribution: IRS Notice relating to Use of an Electronic Medium to Make Participant Elections and Spousal Consents (RIN 1545-Bq50). House Committee on Aging. (H. Res. 1013): A Resolution amending the Rules of the House to reestablish a Permanent Select Committee on Aging. Retirement Plan Fiduciary Rule: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Office of Regulations and Interpretations - RIN 1210-AC02; Application No. D-12057; Application No. D-12060. The Department of Labor proposed regulation to modernize the fiduciary rule to strengthen protections for retirement investors who seek professional investment advice. (No bill): Congressional reversal of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to \"Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary\". Pensions: The ERISA Litigation Reform Act (H.R. 6084). A bill that would undermine ERISAs ability to protect retirement plan participants hard-earned retirement income under the erroneous notion that the recent unanimous Supreme Court decision in Cunningham v. Cornell University will lead to a tide of ERISA class action litigation. Social Security Administration. Keep Billionaires Out of Our Social Security Act (S. 2763), Hands Off Our Social Security Act (H.R. 4734), Repairing Social Security after DOGE (H.R. 6237). Proposals to reverse cuts the Trump Administration has made to the Social Security Administration (SSA), prevents Social Security field offices from shutting down, makes it easier for seniors and people with disabilities to apply for the benefits they have earned over the phone, provides the resources the SSA needs to approve earned benefits quickly, protects benefits from unauthorized tampering, delays or changes, blocks privatization of SSA, enforces privacy protections for beneficiary data, and requires annual Government Accountability Office audits on staffing, operations and compliance. Social Security Administration. Letter to Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano opposing enhanced identity verification procedures for beneficiary transactions with SSA that will make it difficult, if not impossible, for many older Americans and members of the disability community to access their earned benefits. Social Security Administration. Resolution of Inquiry by Representative John Larson (H. Res. 195): Requesting information be provided to Congress regarding the Department of Government Efficiencys (DOGE) access to the Social Security Administrations computer data, which compromises beneficiary privacy by allowing access to Americans personal information such as Social Security numbers, banking information, earnings history and medical information. Social Security Administration. Keep Our Field Offices Open Act (H.R. 1876): Proposals to suspend Social Security field office closures until January 21, 2029, after which date the Commissioner of Social Security would be required to submit a detailed report to Congress, laying out and justifying a process for closing, consolidating, or reducing access to field offices; bill also requires the Commissioner to maintain the total number of field offices and hearing offices that were in operation on January 20, 2025, after the moratorium ends and requires that, in considering future office closures, the Commissioner must consider potential transportation and communication barriers for individuals served by the office, provide significant advance notice to the public and members of Congress, and ensure opportunities for public input and appeals. Social Security Administration. Protecting Americans Social Security Data Act (H.R. 1877): Proposals to protect Americans from having their sensitive personal information politicized or bought and sold to the highest bidder by preventing Elon Musk, his associates, and political appointees from accessing sensitive data systems at SSA, codifying SSA data privacy requirements into law and strengthening oversight and civil penalties for any privacy and disclosure violations of Social Security beneficiaries personal information. Social Security Administration. The Improving Social Securitys Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act (S. 1666): Proposal to improve Social Security's service to victims of identity theft by requiring the Social Security Administration to provide a single point of contact for any individual whose Social Security account number has been misused. Social Security Administration. Comments on Omitting Food from In-Kind Support and Maintenance Calculations, Docket No. SSA-2021-0014; Comments on Expanding the Rental Subsidy, Docket No. SSA-2023-0010; Comments on Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process Including How We Consider Past Work, Docket No. SSA-2023-0024; Comments on Rulemaking Expanding the Definition of a Public Assistance Household, Docket No. SSA-2023-0015; Comments on strengthening rule regarding the Use of Electronic Payroll Data to Improve Program Administration, Docket No. SSA-2016-0039. Social Security Administration. Comments submitted regarding Social Security Form SSA-827 proposal (Medical Record Collection Process) and the Disability Applicant Evidence Simplification Act (DAESA) draft. Social Security Administration. The creation of an online application for all SSI applicants, streamlining data collection to more effectively obtain treating source evidence, eliminating the reconsideration level of review, updating outdated occupational information, adding a robust online scheduling tool and ensuring comprehensive customer service for all individuals. Womens Retirement Security. The Womens Retirement Protection Act (S. 988 and H.R. 2023): Proposal to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans. Food Security for Seniors. Farm bill reauthorization (American Relief Act, P.L. 118-158, Division D): Provisions to cut future Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits or other harmful policies that would worsen the problem of hunger for Americas older adults and other food insecure individuals.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":130,"name":"Administration on Aging"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":37,"name":"Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"},{"id":38,"name":"Labor, Dept of (DOL)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"BUD","general_issue_code_display":"Budget/Appropriations","description":"Budget: Concurrent Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res. 41): A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034: The Six Penny Plan which would significantly harm the economy and force severe cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other federal programs vital to Americas seniors. Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14): provision in Section 406 including bipartisan reform of Medicare which would likely result in benefit cuts, provisions in Section 409 making employment a requirement for Medicaid eligibility, provisions in Section 414 establishing a fiscal commission intended to cut the earned benefits of American workers and retirees. Graham Substitute amendment to Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14) as considered in both the House and Senate: the use of current policy baseline to hide the cost from the American people of making permanent the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA); the magnitude and distribution of the tax cuts envisioned in the resolution; spending cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, operating costs for the Social Security Administration (SSA), and other programs important to seniors such as homelessness prevention, home-delivered and community meals, transportation access, falls prevention, chronic disease management, resources on Alzheimers disease and related dementia, support to long-term care ombudsman and adult protective services addressing maltreatment, and critical funding in the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); opposing the resulting massive amounts of debt that threaten the future viability of earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare; Senate Amendment 1341 to H. Con. Res. 14 by Senator Mazie Hirono raising a point of order against any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would result in the disruption of Social Security benefits or interrupting services within the Social Security program, including any such disruption or interruption caused by infrastructure upgrades to the information technology infrastructure of SSA. Budget: Budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1): A bill providing for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14: Proposals that will result in massive cuts to programs critical to older Americans and their families as it enacts unprecedented cuts to fundamental programs that provide health care and essential services to lower- and moderate-income Americans, all to partially offset the cost of massive tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations. H.R. 1 will add at least $3.4 trillion to the federal debt in the next decade, which will starve the U.S. of resources with the ultimate effect of providing a justification for later legislation that would cut the earned benefits Americans have paid for throughout their working lives - Social Security and Medicare. Specifically, the bill includes deep cuts to Medicaid, totaling around $1 trillion and representing four times the size of previous Medicaid cuts; around $180 billion in cuts to the SNAP, the largest cut in the programs history, and unless they are blocked by future legislation, will trigger PAYGO requirements in federal law which will result in a 4 percent sequestration of Medicare spending starting in 2026. Balanced Budget: Balanced Budget Amendment (H.J. Res. 139). A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution which would place a limitation on federal spending that would require a two-thirds supermajority to overcome except in the case of a declaration of war. The amendment would require a two-thirds supermajority to raise taxes but only a simple majority to cut taxes. If enacted, it would alter Congressional voting procedures to facilitate cutting taxes above all other priorities except spending on declared wars, thus increasing the likelihood that the fiscal policies adopted in coming decades will favor the well-off at the expense of middle- and low-income Americans. The resolution would also severely limit Social Security and Medicare Part A from drawing down Trust Fund reserves to pay retirement, disability and survivor benefits and hospitalization costs. Republican Study Committee (RSC): A Framework for the Next Reconciliation bill. Proposals to eliminate the enhanced tax credits available to low-income workers through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and redirect the money into so-called Health Freedom Accounts, codify the TrumpRX program, a website which re-directs consumers to existing manufacturers discounts on brand-name prescription drugs; expand and codify Association Health Plans; enact additional cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, housing assistance and other government programs. Republican Study Committee (RSC) FY 2027 Budget: supports additional tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations such as repealing the estate tax; endorses additional cuts to Medicaid and SNAP; expands Health Savings Accounts; reforms Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to lower expenditures; criticizes Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) as providing excessive benefits to seniors struggling to keep up with rising costs of living; endorses the use of the SSA database for purposes other than ensuring Americans receive their correct earned benefits; supports the replacement of the non-political civil service employees with political supporters of the Administration on a broad basis; eliminates funding for the Department of Labors (DOL) Senior Community Service Employment Program; reduces funding for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Community Services Block Grants; and reduces funding for Rental Housing Assistance Programs, among other proposals that serve seniors and the disability community. Appropriations: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY 2026 (S. 2587): Requesting funding for the Social Security Administration of at least 1.2 percent of benefits paid to restore customer service levels Americans have paid-for and earned; and request for adequate funding for Older Americans Act programs and other discretionary programs key to seniors, including programs proposed for massive funding reductions in the Presidents budget request, such as Elder Falls Prevention programs and the Alzheimers Disease Program Initiative, and programs targeted for elimination in the Presidents budget such as the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP), the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and the AmeriCorps Seniors programs (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program, Senior Companions Program and Foster Grandparent Program).","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":18,"name":"Office of Management & Budget (OMB)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"CIV","general_issue_code_display":"Civil Rights/Civil Liberties","description":"Age Discrimination. The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA) (H.R. 3522 and S. 1820): Proposal to restore the standard of proof in age discrimination cases to the pre-2009 level and treat age discrimination as unjust as other forms of employment discrimination; The Protecting Older Job Applicants (POJA) Act (No bill): Proposal to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating or classifying job applicants based on an applicants age; Protecting Older Americans Act of 2025 (H.R. 5115 and S. 2703): Proposals to eliminate the current practice of employers utilizing forced arbitration to resolve age discrimination complaints, which would shift some of the leverage employers currently exert in these claims back to the workers themselves. The Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 1115 and H.R. 17): Proposal to prevent wage discrimination for occurring and helping women and their families secure the paychecks they have earned.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"GOV","general_issue_code_display":"Government Issues","description":"Social Security and Medicare Trust Fund Committees. The Fiscal Commission Act (H.R. 3289 and S. 4012), the Fiscal Sustainability Act (No bill), the Sustainable Budget Act of 2025 (H.R. 222): Proposals to establish fiscal commissions to make recommendations that would likely include cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits and would be fast-tracked through Congress outside of the regular legislative process. Voting Rights. (No bill): Proposals to require states to give every voter the option to vote by mail; and to require prepaid postage for all election materials and state-provided drop boxes for federal elections. Voting Rights. Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) (H.R. 22), (SAVE America Act)(S. 1383, H.R. 7296): Proposals which significantly limits the ability of older Americans to vote in federal elections by severely restricting the types of documents acceptable to prove identity, requiring the presentation of this documentation in person, and needlessly requiring voters to re-prove their identities every time they renew their registrations. Federal District Court Injunctions. No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA) (H.R. 1526): Proposals to limit federal district courts ability to issue nationwide injunctions against unlawful actions, thus destabilizing the checks and balances built into our constitutional system and putting the freedom of every American at risk. Office of Personnel Management: Comments on Proposed Rule, Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service, Docket ID: OPM-2025-0004, RIN: 3206-AO80: Comments on proposed rule that would severely undermine the career civil service that Congress has sought to protect and protect for more than 140 years, largely due to our concerns about the impact on seniors of politicizing the workforce at the Social Security Administration (SSA),the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other federal agencies which serve older Americans. Filing Tax Returns: Direct File Act of 2026 (S. 3948, H.R. 7806). A bill to reverse the Trump Administrations decision to end the Direct File program and codify it into law, thus allowing taxpayers to file their taxes online, for fee, and directly with the IRS, saving families time and money by cutting out the middleman.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":81,"name":"Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"}]}],"conviction_disclosures":[],"foreign_entities":[],"affiliated_organizations":[]},{"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/filings/5f1245fc-c5ed-42c6-945b-c1b360f3ee13/","filing_uuid":"5f1245fc-c5ed-42c6-945b-c1b360f3ee13","filing_type":"Q1","filing_type_display":"1st Quarter - Report","filing_year":2026,"filing_period":"first_quarter","filing_period_display":"1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31)","filing_document_url":"https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/5f1245fc-c5ed-42c6-945b-c1b360f3ee13/print/","filing_document_content_type":"text/html","income":null,"expenses":"190000.00","expenses_method":"A","expenses_method_display":"A","posted_by_name":"Max Richtman","dt_posted":"2026-04-20T10:40:42-04:00","termination_date":null,"registrant_country":"United States of America","registrant_ppb_country":null,"registrant_address_1":"777 N Capitol St, NE","registrant_address_2":"Suite 805","registrant_different_address":false,"registrant_city":"WASHINGTON","registrant_state":"DC","registrant_zip":"20002","registrant":{"id":27467,"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/registrants/27467/","house_registrant_id":30367,"name":"NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE","description":null,"address_1":"111 K Street, NE","address_2":"Suite 700","address_3":null,"address_4":null,"city":"WASHINGTON","state":"DC","state_display":"District of Columbia","zip":"20002","country":"US","country_display":"United States of America","ppb_country":"US","ppb_country_display":"United States of America","contact_name":"DAN ADCOCK","contact_telephone":"+1 202-216-0420","dt_updated":"2026-07-29T11:57:27.724812-04:00"},"client":{"id":134297,"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/clients/134297/","client_id":12,"name":"NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE","general_description":null,"client_government_entity":false,"client_self_select":true,"state":"DC","state_display":"District of Columbia","country":"US","country_display":"United States of America","ppb_state":"DC","ppb_state_display":"District of Columbia","ppb_country":"US","ppb_country_display":"United States of America","effective_date":"2008-02-06"},"lobbying_activities":[{"general_issue_code":"BUD","general_issue_code_display":"Budget/Appropriations","description":"Concurrent Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res. 41): A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034: The Six Penny Plan which would significantly harm the economy and force severe cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other federal programs vital to Americas seniors. Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14): provision in Section 406 including bipartisan reform of Medicare which would likely result in benefit cuts, provisions in Section 409 making employment a requirement for Medicaid eligibility, provisions in Section 414 establishing a fiscal commission intended to cut the earned benefits of American workers and retirees. Graham Substitute amendment to Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14) as considered in both the House and Senate: the use of current policy baseline to hide the cost from the American people of making permanent the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA); the magnitude and distribution of the tax cuts envisioned in the resolution; spending cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, operating costs for the Social Security Administration (SSA), and other programs important to seniors such as homelessness prevention, home-delivered and community meals, transportation access, falls prevention, chronic disease management, resources on Alzheimers disease and related dementia, support to long-term care ombudsman and adult protective services addressing maltreatment, and critical funding in the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); opposing the resulting massive amounts of debt that threaten the future viability of earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare; Senate Amendment 1341 to H. Con. Res. 14 by Senator Mazie Hirono raising a point of order against any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would result in the disruption of Social Security benefits or interrupting services within the Social Security program, including any such disruption or interruption caused by infrastructure upgrades to the information technology infrastructure of SSA. Budget: Budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1): A bill providing for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14: Proposals that will result in massive cuts to programs critical to older Americans and their families as it enacts unprecedented cuts to fundamental programs that provide health care and essential services to lower- and moderate-income Americans, all to partially offset the cost of massive tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations. H.R. 1 will add at least $3.4 trillion to the federal debt in the next decade, which will starve the U.S. of resources with the ultimate effect of providing a justification for later legislation that would cut the earned benefits Americans have paid for throughout their working lives - Social Security and Medicare. Specifically, the bill includes deep cuts to Medicaid, totaling around $1 trillion and representing four times the size of previous Medicaid cuts; around $180 billion in cuts to the SNAP, the largest cut in the programs history, and unless they are blocked by future legislation, will trigger PAYGO requirements in federal law which will result in a 4 percent sequestration of Medicare spending starting in 2026. Balanced Budget: Balanced Budget Amendment (H.J. Res. 139). A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution which would place a limitation on federal spending that would require a two-thirds supermajority to overcome except in the case of a declaration of war. The amendment would require a two-thirds supermajority to raise taxes but only a simple majority to cut taxes. If enacted, it would alter Congressional voting procedures to facilitate cutting taxes above all other priorities except spending on declared wars, thus increasing the likelihood that the fiscal policies adopted in coming decades will favor the well-off at the expense of middle- and low-income Americans. The resolution would also severely limit Social Security and Medicare Part A from drawing down Trust Fund reserves to pay retirement, disability and survivor benefits and hospitalization costs. Republican Study Committee (RSC): A Framework for the Next Reconciliation bill. Proposals to eliminate the enhanced tax credits available to low-income workers through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and redirect the money into so-called Health Freedom Accounts, codify the TrumpRX program, a website which re-directs consumers to existing manufacturers discounts on brand-name prescription drugs; expand and codify Association Health Plans; enact additional cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, housing assistance and other government programs. Republican Study Committee (RSC) FY 2027 Budget: supports additional tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations such as repealing the estate tax; endorses additional cuts to Medicaid and SNAP; expands Health Savings Accounts; reforms Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to lower expenditures; criticizes Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) as providing excessive benefits to seniors struggling to keep up with rising costs of living; endorses the use of the SSA database for purposes other than ensuring Americans receive their correct earned benefits; supports the replacement of the non-political civil service employees with political supporters of the Administration on a broad basis; eliminates funding for the Department of Labors (DOL) Senior Community Service Employment Program; reduces funding for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Community Services Block Grants; and reduces funding for Rental Housing Assistance Programs, among other proposals that serve seniors and the disability community. Appropriations: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY 2026 (S. 2587): Requesting funding for the Social Security Administration of at least 1.2 percent of benefits paid to restore customer service levels Americans have paid-for and earned; and request for adequate funding for Older Americans Act programs and other discretionary programs key to seniors, including programs proposed for massive funding reductions in the Presidents budget request, such as Elder Falls Prevention programs and the Alzheimers Disease Program Initiative, and programs targeted for elimination in the Presidents budget such as the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP), the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and the AmeriCorps Seniors programs (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program, Senior Companions Program and Foster Grandparent Program).","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":34,"name":"Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":18,"name":"Office of Management & Budget (OMB)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"MMM","general_issue_code_display":"Medicare/Medicaid","description":"Medicare Observation Stays. The Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (H.R. 3954): Proposals to count time spent in observation status toward the three-day prior inpatient stay required under Medicare for coverage of a subsequent stay in a skilled nursing facility. Medicare Drug Costs. The Pharmaceutical Research Transparency Act (No bill): Proposal to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Security Exchange Act to require pharmaceutical manufacturers to report their costs related to clinical trials and research and development. Medicare Prescription Drugs. Drug Costs. Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law No: 117-169): Law to allow Medicare to negotiate prices with drug makers, cap prices at inflation in Part B and D, cap beneficiary out-of-pocket costs in Part D, eliminate cost-sharing for vaccines, eliminate cost-sharing in the catastrophic phase of Part D, and to raise the income threshold for the Low-Income Subsidy program offering assistance in paying for drugs. Medicare Prescription Drugs. (No bill): A regulatory proposal encouraging the Secretaries of the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Commerce to exercise march in rights that would aim to better control the pricing of prescription drugs. Medicare Prescription Drugs. (No bill): An HHS regulatory proposal to ensure robust negotiation rules and processes that aim to curtail the cost of certain prescription drugs, as authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law No: 117-169). Medicare and Medicaid Prescription Drugs. (No bill): Joined comments with 19 other organizations urging HHS to use its existing authority to license competition in order to lower consumer and taxpayer costs for semaglutide drugs treating diabetes and weight management (e.g., Ozempic and Wegovy). Medicare Savings Program and Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) Programs. (No bill): Proposals to make enrollment of dually eligible individuals in the Medicare Savings Programs (MSP) and the LIS program easier, so that low-income beneficiaries can more readily access financial assistance for Medicare copayments, premiums and deductibles, and to be able to access needed medications at prices they can afford. Medicare Reform. The Assuring Medicares Promise Act (H.R. 609): Proposals to close the loophole for wealthy individuals who bypass paying net investment income tax (NIIT) and directing the revenue to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A that covers inpatient care in hospitals, and to the Social Security Trust Funds. Medicare Dental, Hearing and Vision Coverage. Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025 (H.R. 2045): Proposal to add dental, vision and hearing benefits to Medicare. Medicare Hearing Coverage: The Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2025 (H.R. 500): Proposals to add hearing benefits to Medicare. Medicare call center (No bill): Proposal to address the poor working conditions of the call center workers employed by Maximus, a federal contractor with the Department of Health and Humans Services/Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) HHS/CMS. Medicare Advantage (MA). (No bill): Proposals to create transparency around Medicare Advantage plans using prior authorization and supplemental benefits that are not offered under traditional Medicare. Medicare Advantage. (No bill): Proposals to apply a higher coding adjustment factor to fully account for intensive upcoding by MA plans and to exclude certain information for MA risk adjustment scores and payments; to use two years of traditional Medicare and MA diagnostic data for calculating MA risk-adjusted payments; and to promulgate more fundamental changes to the Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) risk adjustment model. Medicare Advantage. (H.R. 3467) Proposal to make Medicare Advantage plans the default choice during initial enrollment periods. Medicare Privatization (No bill): Proposals to create policies in traditional Medicare that mimic those used by private health insurance plans. Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services. The HCBS Access Act (No bill): Proposals to make home and community-based services (HCBS) a mandatory benefit within Medicaid, and to ensure eligible older adults and people with disabilities have the option to choose between home care and institutional care. Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers (ABC) Act (H.R. 2491 and S. 1227): Proposals would require HHS and SSA to review application processes, procedures, forms, and communications for Medicare, Medicaid, Childrens Health Insurance Program, and Social Security programs in order to reduce administrative barriers facing family caregivers. The bill requires agencies to identify and report to Congress on actions that can be taken to streamline eligibility and assistance for family caregivers within existing programs. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Protecting Americas Seniors Access to Care Act (H.R. 1303): Proposal to prohibit the HHS Secretary from promulgating national staffing standards in nursing homes. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act (H.R. 8100): Proposal to establish mandatory, statutory, minimum nurse staffing standards in nursing homes to ensure at least 4.1 hours of total nursing care per resident per day. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act (S. 3886): Proposal aims to establish federal minimum staffing standards, specifically requiring 3.48 hours per resident per day (HPRD) of total nursing care and 24/7 on-site Registered Nurse (RN) coverage. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Building Americas Health Care Workforce Act (No bill): Proposal to allow time spent working in a nursing home (prior to any formal training, and permitted during the COVID-19 pandemic) to count toward a 75-hour minimum federal training standard that is required for certified nursing assistants. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Ensuring Seniors Access to Quality Care Act (H.R. 7096): Proposal to repeal regulations that prohibit certified nursing assistant training and competency evaluation programs in skilled nursing facilities that have a record of health and safety deficiencies and have incurred penalties (e.g., civil monetary penalties for substandard quality of care). Medicare Treatment for Osteoporosis (No bill): Support for making payment revisions to the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule that would accelerate treatment improvements for beneficiaries with osteoporosis and help prevent repeat fractures. Medicare and Medicaid Waste, Fraud and Abuse (No bill): Submitted comments with other organizations to a CMS Request for Information (RFI) Related to Comprehensive Regulations To Uncover Suspicious Healthcare (CRUSH), 91 Fed. Reg. 9803 (February 27, 2026) CMS-6098-NC. Medicaid Work Requirements Affecting Eligibility (No bill): Submitted comments with other organizations to request CMS to clarify in regulations that people with disabilities, older adults, and caregivers are exempt from the Medicaid working requirements in P.L. 119-21. Health Insurance. Health Insurance Premium Fairness Act (H.R. 6455). Proposal to close loophole that penalizes couples with one spouse in Medicare and one receiving health care through Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges, by allowing for subtraction of Medicare premiums from the maximum premium paid for a marketplace plan. Health Insurance. (H.R. 1834). Proposals to extend the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits for ACA marketplace health insurance plans. Health Insurance. The Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act (H.R. 6703) Proposals to weakening consumer protections and destabilizing markets by allowing skimpier, less‑regulated plans that can cherry‑pick healthier groups and leave higher‑cost enrollees in the ACA‑regulated small‑group and individual markets with higher premiums. Medicaid and Health Insurance. Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act (S. 2556, H.R. 4849): Proposals to restore massive funding cuts to Medicaid that were included in the 2025 budget reconciliation law, and to make permanent ACA enhanced premium tax credits.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":130,"name":"Administration on Aging"},{"id":136,"name":"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)"},{"id":24,"name":"Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":135,"name":"Food & Drug Administration (FDA)"},{"id":34,"name":"Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"RET","general_issue_code_display":"Retirement","description":"Older Americans Act Reauthorization. The Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act (S. 2120): Proposals to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965 and to increase the authorization of appropriations for OAA programs, which is the major federal discretionary funding source for home and community-based services for older adults and their caregivers. Programs supported through the OAA include home-delivered and congregate nutrition services, in-home supportive services, transportation, caregiver support, community service employment, health and wellness programs, the long-term care ombudsman program, services to prevent the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older adults, and other supportive services. Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). The Fair COLA for Seniors Act (No bill) and the Social Security Cost of Living Increase Act (No bill): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries; the Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act (S. 3059): Proposal to calculate COLAs using the current Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) or the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E), whichever is greater. Social Security Expansion. The Social Security 2100 Act (No bill): Proposals to improve benefits and to strengthen Social Security's financing by altering the payroll tax cap, among other changes. The Social Security Expansion Act (S. 770 and H.R. 1700): Proposals to enhance Social Security benefits and ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program. The Strengthening Social Security Act (No bill): Proposals to extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds and improve benefits. The Safeguarding American Families & Expanding Social Security Act (S. 3462): Proposals to update and modernize Social Security benefits and to extend solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds. The Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act (S. 2614 and H.R. 4968): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries and to ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program by altering the payroll tax cap. The Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement Act (No bill): Proposals to improve benefits for widows and widowers in two-income households. The Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act (SWIFT Act) (S. 3255): Proposal to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses; Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act (H.R. 3517): Proposal would improve Social Security benefits by increasing the Special Minimum Benefit, boosting benefits for seniors who have on the Social Security rolls for a long period of time, restore student benefits to age 26 and extend the life of the Trust Funds by eliminating the cap on Social Security benefits and phasing-in an increase in the payroll tax rate. The Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act (H.R. 6424 and S. 3357): Proposal to increase the lump-sum benefit amount payable upon the death of a beneficiary to take into account inflation. Social Security Funding. The Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act (H.R. 3271 and S. 1690): Proposals to close the loophole for wealthy individuals who bypass paying the net investment income tax (NIIT) and directing the revenue to the Social Security Trust Funds and to the Hospital Insurance Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A that covers inpatient care in hospitals. Cutting Social Security by Raising the Retirement Age. Affirming the Presidents Promise Not to Raise the Social Security and Medicare Retirement Age (H. Res. 657): House Resolution opposing raising Social Security or Medicare eligibility age. Caregiver Social Security Credits. The Social Security Caregiver Credits Act (No bill): Proposal to provide Social Security wage credits for individuals who reduce their participation in the workforce or leave the workforce to provide care to specified family members and relatives. Social Security Notch. (No bill): Proposals to ensure that Social Security benefits for individuals born in 1960 and 1961 are not reduced as a result of the coronavirus-related drop in the average wage index. Protecting Seniors from Garnishment. (No bill): Proposal to protect Social Security beneficiaries from having their Social Security benefits garnished to recover unpaid student loans. Social Security Disability Insurance Claim Adjudication. (No bill): Proposal to nullify the rule finalized by the Social Security Administration on November 16, 2020, that outlines when its administrative appeals judges may hold hearings and issue decisions on individual cases. Currently, these judges serve an appellate function where they review, at the request of Social Security claimants, the decisions of the administrative law judges who issue decisions in individual cases. Social Security Overpayments. (H.R. 2999, H.R. 2142 and S. 1023): Proposals to protect retirees, survivors and people with disabilities from being forced to repay extra Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits they received through no fault of their own. Strengthening Beneficiaries Rights. (No bill): Various proposals relating to the protection and rights available to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries. Social Security Benefit Statements. The Know Your Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to implement section 1143 of the Social Security Act by clarifying the Social Security Administration is required to mail annual benefit statements to all workers over age 25. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act (S. 4001 and H.R. 7828): Proposals to strengthen and restore the SSI program. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (H.R. 2540 and S. 1234): Proposal to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update the resource limit for Supplemental Security Income eligibility. The Fairness in Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude the portion of a lump-sum Social Security benefit payment that relates to periods prior to the taxable year from the determination of household income as it relates to SSI eligibility. Retirement Plan Distribution: IRS Notice relating to Use of an Electronic Medium to Make Participant Elections and Spousal Consents (RIN 1545-Bq50). House Committee on Aging. (H. Res. 1013): A Resolution amending the Rules of the House to reestablish a Permanent Select Committee on Aging. Retirement Plan Fiduciary Rule: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Office of Regulations and Interpretations - RIN 1210-AC02; Application No. D-12057; Application No. D-12060. The Department of Labor proposed regulation to modernize the fiduciary rule to strengthen protections for retirement investors who seek professional investment advice. (No bill): Congressional reversal of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to \"Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary\". Pensions: The ERISA Litigation Reform Act (H.R. 6084). A bill that would undermine ERISAs ability to protect retirement plan participants hard-earned retirement income under the erroneous notion that the recent unanimous Supreme Court decision in Cunningham v. Cornell University will lead to a tide of ERISA class action litigation. Social Security Administration. Keep Billionaires Out of Our Social Security Act (S. 2763), Hands Off Our Social Security Act (H.R. 4734), Repairing Social Security after DOGE (H.R. 6237). Proposals to reverse cuts the Trump Administration has made to the Social Security Administration (SSA), prevents Social Security field offices from shutting down, makes it easier for seniors and people with disabilities to apply for the benefits they have earned over the phone, provides the resources the SSA needs to approve earned benefits quickly, protects benefits from unauthorized tampering, delays or changes, blocks privatization of SSA, enforces privacy protections for beneficiary data, and requires annual Government Accountability Office audits on staffing, operations and compliance. Social Security Administration. Letter to Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano opposing enhanced identity verification procedures for beneficiary transactions with SSA that will make it difficult, if not impossible, for many older Americans and members of the disability community to access their earned benefits. Social Security Administration. Resolution of Inquiry by Representative John Larson (H. Res. 195): Requesting information be provided to Congress regarding the Department of Government Efficiencys (DOGE) access to the Social Security Administrations computer data, which compromises beneficiary privacy by allowing access to Americans personal information such as Social Security numbers, banking information, earnings history and medical information. Social Security Administration. Keep Our Field Offices Open Act (H.R. 1876): Proposals to suspend Social Security field office closures until January 21, 2029, after which date the Commissioner of Social Security would be required to submit a detailed report to Congress, laying out and justifying a process for closing, consolidating, or reducing access to field offices; bill also requires the Commissioner to maintain the total number of field offices and hearing offices that were in operation on January 20, 2025, after the moratorium ends and requires that, in considering future office closures, the Commissioner must consider potential transportation and communication barriers for individuals served by the office, provide significant advance notice to the public and members of Congress, and ensure opportunities for public input and appeals. Social Security Administration. Protecting Americans Social Security Data Act (H.R. 1877): Proposals to protect Americans from having their sensitive personal information politicized or bought and sold to the highest bidder by preventing Elon Musk, his associates, and political appointees from accessing sensitive data systems at SSA, codifying SSA data privacy requirements into law and strengthening oversight and civil penalties for any privacy and disclosure violations of Social Security beneficiaries personal information. Social Security Administration. The Improving Social Securitys Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act (S. 1666): Proposal to improve Social Security's service to victims of identity theft by requiring the Social Security Administration to provide a single point of contact for any individual whose Social Security account number has been misused. Social Security Administration. Comments on Omitting Food from In-Kind Support and Maintenance Calculations, Docket No. SSA-2021-0014; Comments on Expanding the Rental Subsidy, Docket No. SSA-2023-0010; Comments on Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process Including How We Consider Past Work, Docket No. SSA-2023-0024; Comments on Rulemaking Expanding the Definition of a Public Assistance Household, Docket No. SSA-2023-0015; Comments on strengthening rule regarding the Use of Electronic Payroll Data to Improve Program Administration, Docket No. SSA-2016-0039. Social Security Administration. Comments submitted regarding Social Security Form SSA-827 proposal (Medical Record Collection Process) and the Disability Applicant Evidence Simplification Act (DAESA) draft. Social Security Administration. The creation of an online application for all SSI applicants, streamlining data collection to more effectively obtain treating source evidence, eliminating the reconsideration level of review, updating outdated occupational information, adding a robust online scheduling tool and ensuring comprehensive customer service for all individuals. Womens Retirement Security. The Womens Retirement Protection Act (S. 988 and H.R. 2023): Proposal to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans. Food Security for Seniors. Farm bill reauthorization (American Relief Act, P.L. 118-158, Division D): Provisions to cut future Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits or other harmful policies that would worsen the problem of hunger for Americas older adults and other food insecure individuals.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":130,"name":"Administration on Aging"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":37,"name":"Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"},{"id":38,"name":"Labor, Dept of (DOL)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"GOV","general_issue_code_display":"Government Issues","description":"Social Security and Medicare Trust Fund Committees. The Fiscal Commission Act (H.R. 3289 and S. 4012), the Fiscal Sustainability Act (No bill), the Sustainable Budget Act of 2025 (H.R. 222): Proposals to establish fiscal commissions to make recommendations that would likely include cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits and would be fast-tracked through Congress outside of the regular legislative process. Voting Rights. (No bill): Proposals to require states to give every voter the option to vote by mail; and to require prepaid postage for all election materials and state-provided drop boxes for federal elections. Voting Rights. Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) (H.R. 22), (SAVE America Act)(S. 1383, H.R. 7296): Proposals which significantly limits the ability of older Americans to vote in federal elections by severely restricting the types of documents acceptable to prove identity, requiring the presentation of this documentation in person, and needlessly requiring voters to re-prove their identities every time they renew their registrations. Federal District Court Injunctions. No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA) (H.R. 1526): Proposals to limit federal district courts ability to issue nationwide injunctions against unlawful actions, thus destabilizing the checks and balances built into our constitutional system and putting the freedom of every American at risk. Office of Personnel Management: Comments on Proposed Rule, Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service, Docket ID: OPM-2025-0004, RIN: 3206-AO80: Comments on proposed rule that would severely undermine the career civil service that Congress has sought to protect and protect for more than 140 years, largely due to our concerns about the impact on seniors of politicizing the workforce at the Social Security Administration (SSA),the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other federal agencies which serve older Americans. Filing Tax Returns: Direct File Act of 2026 (S. 3948, H.R. 7806). A bill to reverse the Trump Administrations decision to end the Direct File program and codify it into law, thus allowing taxpayers to file their taxes online, for fee, and directly with the IRS, saving families time and money by cutting out the middleman.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":81,"name":"Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"CIV","general_issue_code_display":"Civil Rights/Civil Liberties","description":"Age Discrimination. The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA) (H.R. 3522 and S. 1820): Proposal to restore the standard of proof in age discrimination cases to the pre-2009 level and treat age discrimination as unjust as other forms of employment discrimination; The Protecting Older Job Applicants (POJA) Act (No bill): Proposal to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating or classifying job applicants based on an applicants age; Protecting Older Americans Act of 2025 (H.R. 5115 and S. 2703): Proposals to eliminate the current practice of employers utilizing forced arbitration to resolve age discrimination complaints, which would shift some of the leverage employers currently exert in these claims back to the workers themselves. The Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 1115 and H.R. 17): Proposal to prevent wage discrimination for occurring and helping women and their families secure the paychecks they have earned.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]}],"conviction_disclosures":[],"foreign_entities":[],"affiliated_organizations":[]},{"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/filings/fbcc38e6-a62b-4dbb-8581-2445c004d5a0/","filing_uuid":"fbcc38e6-a62b-4dbb-8581-2445c004d5a0","filing_type":"Q1","filing_type_display":"1st Quarter - Report","filing_year":2026,"filing_period":"first_quarter","filing_period_display":"1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31)","filing_document_url":"https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/fbcc38e6-a62b-4dbb-8581-2445c004d5a0/print/","filing_document_content_type":"text/html","income":null,"expenses":"880000.00","expenses_method":"A","expenses_method_display":"A","posted_by_name":"Guerino Calemine","dt_posted":"2026-04-20T12:44:38-04:00","termination_date":null,"registrant_country":"United States of America","registrant_ppb_country":null,"registrant_address_1":"815 Black Lives Matter Plaza, NW","registrant_address_2":null,"registrant_different_address":false,"registrant_city":"WASHINGTON","registrant_state":"DC","registrant_zip":"20006","registrant":{"id":363,"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/registrants/363/","house_registrant_id":31019,"name":"AFL-CIO","description":null,"address_1":"815 16th Street, NW","address_2":null,"address_3":null,"address_4":null,"city":"Washington","state":"DC","state_display":"District of Columbia","zip":"20006","country":"US","country_display":"United States of America","ppb_country":"US","ppb_country_display":"United States of America","contact_name":"GUERINO CALEMINE","contact_telephone":"+1 202-351-1087","dt_updated":"2026-07-29T12:59:27.274194-04:00"},"client":{"id":100404,"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/clients/100404/","client_id":12,"name":"AFL-CIO","general_description":null,"client_government_entity":false,"client_self_select":true,"state":"DC","state_display":"District of Columbia","country":"US","country_display":"United States of America","ppb_state":"DC","ppb_state_display":"District of Columbia","ppb_country":"US","ppb_country_display":"United States of America","effective_date":"2007-08-14"},"lobbying_activities":[{"general_issue_code":"HCR","general_issue_code_display":"Health Issues","description":"H.R. 1834 - Break the Gridlock Act H.R. 5940 - Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act S. 3480 - Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act S. 2355 - Patients Deserve Price Tags Act H.R. 1834 - Breaking the Gridlock Act Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). H.R.5437 - Protection of Lawful Commerce in Stone Slab Products Act H.R.6145, Experts Protect Effective Rules, Transparency, and Stability (EXPERTS) Act H.R. 142- The Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act S. 485 - The Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act Meeting with staff from House Committee on Education and Workforce -Minority staff HR 8100 Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act S. 3866 Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Repeal of Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities Restoring Flexibility in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Request for Information: Accelerating the Adoption and Use of Artificial Intelligence as Part of Clinical Care","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":53874,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"RAYMOND","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TOM","last_name":"LEIBFRIED","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":146866,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"GUERINO","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"CALEMINE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":148513,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LETICIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"DELGADO","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":99694,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LEE","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"GOLDBERG","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"LBR","general_issue_code_display":"Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace","description":"H.R. 1689 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status. 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(No bill): Proposals to ensure that Social Security benefits for individuals born in 1960 and 1961 are not reduced as a result of the coronavirus-related drop in the average wage index. Protecting Seniors from Garnishment. (No bill): Proposal to protect Social Security beneficiaries from having their Social Security benefits garnished to recover unpaid student loans. Social Security Disability Insurance Claim Adjudication. (No bill): Proposal to nullify the rule finalized by the Social Security Administration on November 16, 2020, that outlines when its administrative appeals judges may hold hearings and issue decisions on individual cases. Currently, these judges serve an appellate function where they review, at the request of Social Security claimants, the decisions of the administrative law judges who issue decisions in individual cases. Social Security Overpayments. (H.R. 2999, H.R. 2142 and S. 1023): Proposals to protect retirees, survivors and people with disabilities from being forced to repay extra Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits they received through no fault of their own. Strengthening Beneficiaries Rights. (No bill): Various proposals relating to the protection and rights available to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries. Social Security Benefit Statements. The Know Your Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to implement section 1143 of the Social Security Act by clarifying the Social Security Administration is required to mail annual benefit statements to all workers over age 25. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act (S. 4001 and H.R. 7828): Proposals to strengthen and restore the SSI program. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (H.R. 2540 and S. 1234): Proposal to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update the resource limit for Supplemental Security Income eligibility. The Fairness in Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude the portion of a lump-sum Social Security benefit payment that relates to periods prior to the taxable year from the determination of household income as it relates to SSI eligibility. Retirement Plan Distribution: IRS Notice relating to Use of an Electronic Medium to Make Participant Elections and Spousal Consents (RIN 1545-Bq50). House Committee on Aging. (H. Res. 1013): A Resolution amending the Rules of the House to reestablish a Permanent Select Committee on Aging. Retirement Plan Fiduciary Rule: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Office of Regulations and Interpretations - RIN 1210-AC02; Application No. D-12057; Application No. D-12060. The Department of Labor proposed regulation to modernize the fiduciary rule to strengthen protections for retirement investors who seek professional investment advice. (No bill): Congressional reversal of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to \"Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary\". Retirement Plan Investment Alternatives: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, RIN 1210-AC38. Submitted comments opposing a proposed regulation defining Fiduciary Duties in Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives in 401(k) and other defined contribution plans. Proposal would create safe harbors for fiduciaries who select the investment options offered in 401(k) plans. If a fiduciary considers six factors when selecting any investment option, including alternative assets such as private equity, private credit, real estate, or cryptocurrency to a plan menu, the proposal would treat the fiduciary as meeting ERISAs prudence standard with respect to those factors, which would entitle the fiduciary to deference from any reviewing court. Pensions: The ERISA Litigation Reform Act (H.R. 6084). A bill that would undermine ERISAs ability to protect retirement plan participants hard-earned retirement income under the erroneous notion that the recent unanimous Supreme Court decision in Cunningham v. Cornell University will lead to a tide of ERISA class action litigation. Social Security Administration. Keep Billionaires Out of Our Social Security Act (S. 2763), Hands Off Our Social Security Act (H.R. 4734), Repairing Social Security after DOGE (H.R. 6237). Proposals to reverse cuts the Trump Administration has made to the Social Security Administration (SSA), prevents Social Security field offices from shutting down, makes it easier for seniors and people with disabilities to apply for the benefits they have earned over the phone, provides the resources the SSA needs to approve earned benefits quickly, protects benefits from unauthorized tampering, delays or changes, blocks privatization of SSA, enforces privacy protections for beneficiary data, and requires annual Government Accountability Office audits on staffing, operations and compliance. Social Security Administration. Letter to Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano opposing enhanced identity verification procedures for beneficiary transactions with SSA that will make it difficult, if not impossible, for many older Americans and members of the disability community to access their earned benefits. Social Security Administration. Resolution of Inquiry by Representative John Larson (H. Res. 195): Requesting information be provided to Congress regarding the Department of Government Efficiencys (DOGE) access to the Social Security Administrations computer data, which compromises beneficiary privacy by allowing access to Americans personal information such as Social Security numbers, banking information, earnings history and medical information. Social Security Administration. Keep Our Field Offices Open Act (H.R. 1876): Proposals to suspend Social Security field office closures until January 21, 2029, after which date the Commissioner of Social Security would be required to submit a detailed report to Congress, laying out and justifying a process for closing, consolidating, or reducing access to field offices; bill also requires the Commissioner to maintain the total number of field offices and hearing offices that were in operation on January 20, 2025, after the moratorium ends and requires that, in considering future office closures, the Commissioner must consider potential transportation and communication barriers for individuals served by the office, provide significant advance notice to the public and members of Congress, and ensure opportunities for public input and appeals. Social Security Administration. Protecting Americans Social Security Data Act (H.R. 1877): Proposals to protect Americans from having their sensitive personal information politicized or bought and sold to the highest bidder by preventing Elon Musk, his associates, and political appointees from accessing sensitive data systems at SSA, codifying SSA data privacy requirements into law and strengthening oversight and civil penalties for any privacy and disclosure violations of Social Security beneficiaries personal information. Social Security Administration. The Improving Social Securitys Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act (S. 1666 and H.R. 5345): Proposal to improve Social Security's service to victims of identity theft by requiring the Social Security Administration to provide a single point of contact for any individual whose Social Security account number has been misused. Social Security Administration. Comments on Omitting Food from In-Kind Support and Maintenance Calculations, Docket No. SSA-2021-0014; Comments on Expanding the Rental Subsidy, Docket No. SSA-2023-0010; Comments on Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process Including How We Consider Past Work, Docket No. SSA-2023-0024; Comments on Rulemaking Expanding the Definition of a Public Assistance Household, Docket No. SSA-2023-0015; Comments on strengthening rule regarding the Use of Electronic Payroll Data to Improve Program Administration, Docket No. SSA-2016-0039. Social Security Administration. Comments submitted regarding Social Security Form SSA-827 proposal (Medical Record Collection Process) and the Disability Applicant Evidence Simplification Act (DAESA) draft. Social Security Administration. The creation of an online application for all SSI applicants, streamlining data collection to more effectively obtain treating source evidence, eliminating the reconsideration level of review, updating outdated occupational information, adding a robust online scheduling tool and ensuring comprehensive customer service for all individuals. Social Security Administration. Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (H.R. 8884). Proposals to reauthorize SSA demonstration projects intended to help Americans with disabilities re-enter the workforce, but this legislation does not include guardrails to prevent the Trump Administration from forcing our most vulnerable citizens off the disability roles. In light of this Administrations previous efforts to eviscerate the disability program (SSDI) through the mechanism of demonstration projects, budget proposals and regulatory changes, such guardrails are essential. Womens Retirement Security. The Womens Retirement Protection Act (S. 988 and H.R. 2023): Proposal to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans. Food Security for Seniors. Farm bill reauthorization (American Relief Act, P.L. 118-158, Division D) and the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (H.R. 7567): Proposals to cut future Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits or other harmful policies that would worsen the problem of hunger for Americas older adults and other food insecure individuals.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":130,"name":"Administration on Aging"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":37,"name":"Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"},{"id":38,"name":"Labor, Dept of (DOL)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"BUD","general_issue_code_display":"Budget/Appropriations","description":"Budget: Concurrent Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res. 41): A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034: The Six Penny Plan which would significantly harm the economy and force severe cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other federal programs vital to Americas seniors. Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14): provision in Section 406 including bipartisan reform of Medicare which would likely result in benefit cuts, provisions in Section 409 making employment a requirement for Medicaid eligibility, provisions in Section 414 establishing a fiscal commission intended to cut the earned benefits of American workers and retirees. Graham Substitute amendment to Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14) as considered in both the House and Senate: the use of current policy baseline to hide the cost from the American people of making permanent the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA); the magnitude and distribution of the tax cuts envisioned in the resolution; spending cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, operating costs for the Social Security Administration (SSA), and other programs important to seniors such as homelessness prevention, home-delivered and community meals, transportation access, falls prevention, chronic disease management, resources on Alzheimers disease and related dementia, support to long-term care ombudsman and adult protective services addressing maltreatment, and critical funding in the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); opposing the resulting massive amounts of debt that threaten the future viability of earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare; Senate Amendment 1341 to H. Con. Res. 14 by Senator Mazie Hirono raising a point of order against any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would result in the disruption of Social Security benefits or interrupting services within the Social Security program, including any such disruption or interruption caused by infrastructure upgrades to the information technology infrastructure of SSA. Budget: Budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1): A bill providing for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14: Proposals that will result in massive cuts to programs critical to older Americans and their families as it enacts unprecedented cuts to fundamental programs that provide health care and essential services to lower- and moderate-income Americans, all to partially offset the cost of massive tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations. H.R. 1 will add at least $3.4 trillion to the federal debt in the next decade, which will starve the U.S. of resources with the ultimate effect of providing a justification for later legislation that would cut the earned benefits Americans have paid for throughout their working lives - Social Security and Medicare. Specifically, the bill includes deep cuts to Medicaid, totaling around $1 trillion and representing four times the size of previous Medicaid cuts; around $180 billion in cuts to the SNAP, the largest cut in the programs history, and unless they are blocked by future legislation, will trigger PAYGO requirements in federal law which will result in a 4 percent sequestration of Medicare spending starting in 2026. Balanced Budget: Balanced Budget Amendment (H.J. Res. 139). A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution which would place a limitation on federal spending that would require a two-thirds supermajority to overcome except in the case of a declaration of war. The amendment would require a two-thirds supermajority to raise taxes but only a simple majority to cut taxes. If enacted, it would alter Congressional voting procedures to facilitate cutting taxes above all other priorities except spending on declared wars, thus increasing the likelihood that the fiscal policies adopted in coming decades will favor the well-off at the expense of middle- and low-income Americans. The resolution would also severely limit Social Security and Medicare Part A from drawing down Trust Fund reserves to pay retirement, disability and survivor benefits and hospitalization costs. Republican Study Committee (RSC): A Framework for the Next Reconciliation bill. Proposals to eliminate the enhanced tax credits available to low-income workers through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and redirect the money into so-called Health Freedom Accounts, codify the TrumpRX program, a website which re-directs consumers to existing manufacturers discounts on brand-name prescription drugs; expand and codify Association Health Plans; enact additional cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, housing assistance and other government programs. Republican Study Committee (RSC) FY 2027 Budget: supports additional tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations such as repealing the estate tax; endorses additional cuts to Medicaid and SNAP; expands Health Savings Accounts; reforms Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to lower expenditures; criticizes Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) as providing excessive benefits to seniors struggling to keep up with rising costs of living; endorses the use of the SSA database for purposes other than ensuring Americans receive their correct earned benefits; supports the replacement of the non-political civil service employees with political supporters of the Administration on a broad basis; eliminates funding for the Department of Labors (DOL) Senior Community Service Employment Program; reduces funding for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Community Services Block Grants; and reduces funding for Rental Housing Assistance Programs, among other proposals that serve seniors and the disability community. Appropriations: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY 2026 (S. 2587): Requesting funding for the Social Security Administration of at least 1.2 percent of benefits paid to restore customer service levels Americans have paid-for and earned; and request for adequate funding for Older Americans Act programs and other discretionary programs key to seniors, including programs proposed for massive funding reductions in the Presidents budget request, such as Elder Falls Prevention programs and the Alzheimers Disease Program Initiative, and programs targeted for elimination in the Presidents budget such as the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP), the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and the AmeriCorps Seniors programs (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program, Senior Companions Program and Foster Grandparent Program). Blocking Federal Program Payments. Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act (H.R. 8464): Proposals that uses extremely broad and vague language to allow any administration to stop, delay, or condition payments for programs it opposes, or in states it disfavors, using claims of fraudulent spending as a pretext to take away or hold up funding for critical programs authorized and appropriated by Congress. H.R. 8464 would legitimize the withholding of funds to reward favored individuals and groups while destroying those who do not agree with the actions of this or future administrations.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":18,"name":"Office of Management & Budget (OMB)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"CIV","general_issue_code_display":"Civil Rights/Civil Liberties","description":"Age Discrimination. The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA) (H.R. 3522 and S. 1820): Proposal to restore the standard of proof in age discrimination cases to the pre-2009 level and treat age discrimination as unjust as other forms of employment discrimination; The Protecting Older Job Applicants (POJA) Act (No bill): Proposal to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating or classifying job applicants based on an applicants age; Protecting Older Americans Act of 2025 (H.R. 5115 and S. 2703): Proposals to eliminate the current practice of employers utilizing forced arbitration to resolve age discrimination complaints, which would shift some of the leverage employers currently exert in these claims back to the workers themselves. The Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 1115 and H.R. 17): Proposal to prevent wage discrimination for occurring and helping women and their families secure the paychecks they have earned. Protecting Seniors from Fraud. (No bill). Urging Congress to examine whether federal law, including Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, appropriately balances protections for online innovation with accountability when platforms knowingly profit from repeated scam activity targeting vulnerable populations, and to initiate a formal investigation exploring the numerous allegations against Meta-owned platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, raised by a recent report labeled SCAMBOOK: How Meta Helps Medicare Scammers Target Seniors, published by the Center for countering Digital Hate (CCDH).","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"GOV","general_issue_code_display":"Government Issues","description":"Social Security and Medicare Trust Fund Committees. The Fiscal Commission Act (H.R. 3289 and S. 4012), the Fiscal Sustainability Act (No bill), the Sustainable Budget Act of 2025 (H.R. 222): Proposals to establish fiscal commissions to make recommendations that would likely include cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits and would be fast-tracked through Congress outside of the regular legislative process. Voting Rights. (No bill): Proposals to require states to give every voter the option to vote by mail; and to require prepaid postage for all election materials and state-provided drop boxes for federal elections. Voting Rights. Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) (H.R. 22), (SAVE America Act)(S. 1383, H.R. 7296): Proposals which significantly limits the ability of older Americans to vote in federal elections by severely restricting the types of documents acceptable to prove identity, requiring the presentation of this documentation in person, and needlessly requiring voters to re-prove their identities every time they renew their registrations. Federal District Court Injunctions. No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA) (H.R. 1526): Proposals to limit federal district courts ability to issue nationwide injunctions against unlawful actions, thus destabilizing the checks and balances built into our constitutional system and putting the freedom of every American at risk. Office of Personnel Management: Comments on Proposed Rule, Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service, Docket ID: OPM-2025-0004, RIN: 3206-AO80: Comments on proposed rule that would severely undermine the career civil service that Congress has sought to protect and protect for more than 140 years, largely due to our concerns about the impact on seniors of politicizing the workforce at the Social Security Administration (SSA),the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other federal agencies which serve older Americans. Filing Tax Returns: Direct File Act of 2026 (S. 3948 and H.R. 7806). A bill to reverse the Trump Administrations decision to end the Direct File program and codify it into law, thus allowing taxpayers to file their taxes online, for fee, and directly with the IRS, saving families time and money by cutting out the middleman.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":81,"name":"Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"}]}],"conviction_disclosures":[],"foreign_entities":[],"affiliated_organizations":[]},{"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/filings/83d82565-271d-400b-92e2-bd1bcaa4568b/","filing_uuid":"83d82565-271d-400b-92e2-bd1bcaa4568b","filing_type":"Q2","filing_type_display":"2nd Quarter - Report","filing_year":2026,"filing_period":"second_quarter","filing_period_display":"2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30)","filing_document_url":"https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/83d82565-271d-400b-92e2-bd1bcaa4568b/print/","filing_document_content_type":"text/html","income":null,"expenses":"210000.00","expenses_method":"A","expenses_method_display":"A","posted_by_name":"Max Richtman","dt_posted":"2026-07-20T13:10:50-04:00","termination_date":null,"registrant_country":"United States of America","registrant_ppb_country":null,"registrant_address_1":"777 N Capitol St, NE","registrant_address_2":"Suite 805","registrant_different_address":false,"registrant_city":"WASHINGTON","registrant_state":"DC","registrant_zip":"20002","registrant":{"id":27467,"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/registrants/27467/","house_registrant_id":30367,"name":"NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE","description":null,"address_1":"111 K Street, NE","address_2":"Suite 700","address_3":null,"address_4":null,"city":"WASHINGTON","state":"DC","state_display":"District of Columbia","zip":"20002","country":"US","country_display":"United States of America","ppb_country":"US","ppb_country_display":"United States of America","contact_name":"DAN ADCOCK","contact_telephone":"+1 202-216-0420","dt_updated":"2026-07-29T11:57:27.724812-04:00"},"client":{"id":134297,"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/clients/134297/","client_id":12,"name":"NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE","general_description":null,"client_government_entity":false,"client_self_select":true,"state":"DC","state_display":"District of Columbia","country":"US","country_display":"United States of America","ppb_state":"DC","ppb_state_display":"District of Columbia","ppb_country":"US","ppb_country_display":"United States of America","effective_date":"2008-02-06"},"lobbying_activities":[{"general_issue_code":"BUD","general_issue_code_display":"Budget/Appropriations","description":"Budget: Concurrent Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res. 41): A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034: The Six Penny Plan which would significantly harm the economy and force severe cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other federal programs vital to Americas seniors. Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14): provision in Section 406 including bipartisan reform of Medicare which would likely result in benefit cuts, provisions in Section 409 making employment a requirement for Medicaid eligibility, provisions in Section 414 establishing a fiscal commission intended to cut the earned benefits of American workers and retirees. Graham Substitute amendment to Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14) as considered in both the House and Senate: the use of current policy baseline to hide the cost from the American people of making permanent the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA); the magnitude and distribution of the tax cuts envisioned in the resolution; spending cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, operating costs for the Social Security Administration (SSA), and other programs important to seniors such as homelessness prevention, home-delivered and community meals, transportation access, falls prevention, chronic disease management, resources on Alzheimers disease and related dementia, support to long-term care ombudsman and adult protective services addressing maltreatment, and critical funding in the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); opposing the resulting massive amounts of debt that threaten the future viability of earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare; Senate Amendment 1341 to H. Con. Res. 14 by Senator Mazie Hirono raising a point of order against any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would result in the disruption of Social Security benefits or interrupting services within the Social Security program, including any such disruption or interruption caused by infrastructure upgrades to the information technology infrastructure of SSA. Budget: Budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1): A bill providing for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14: Proposals that will result in massive cuts to programs critical to older Americans and their families as it enacts unprecedented cuts to fundamental programs that provide health care and essential services to lower- and moderate-income Americans, all to partially offset the cost of massive tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations. H.R. 1 will add at least $3.4 trillion to the federal debt in the next decade, which will starve the U.S. of resources with the ultimate effect of providing a justification for later legislation that would cut the earned benefits Americans have paid for throughout their working lives - Social Security and Medicare. Specifically, the bill includes deep cuts to Medicaid, totaling around $1 trillion and representing four times the size of previous Medicaid cuts; around $180 billion in cuts to the SNAP, the largest cut in the programs history, and unless they are blocked by future legislation, will trigger PAYGO requirements in federal law which will result in a 4 percent sequestration of Medicare spending starting in 2026. Balanced Budget: Balanced Budget Amendment (H.J. Res. 139). A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution which would place a limitation on federal spending that would require a two-thirds supermajority to overcome except in the case of a declaration of war. 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Proposals to eliminate the enhanced tax credits available to low-income workers through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and redirect the money into so-called Health Freedom Accounts, codify the TrumpRX program, a website which re-directs consumers to existing manufacturers discounts on brand-name prescription drugs; expand and codify Association Health Plans; enact additional cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, housing assistance and other government programs. Republican Study Committee (RSC) FY 2027 Budget: supports additional tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations such as repealing the estate tax; endorses additional cuts to Medicaid and SNAP; expands Health Savings Accounts; reforms Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to lower expenditures; criticizes Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) as providing excessive benefits to seniors struggling to keep up with rising costs of living; endorses the use of the SSA database for purposes other than ensuring Americans receive their correct earned benefits; supports the replacement of the non-political civil service employees with political supporters of the Administration on a broad basis; eliminates funding for the Department of Labors (DOL) Senior Community Service Employment Program; reduces funding for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Community Services Block Grants; and reduces funding for Rental Housing Assistance Programs, among other proposals that serve seniors and the disability community. Appropriations: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY 2026 (S. 2587): Requesting funding for the Social Security Administration of at least 1.2 percent of benefits paid to restore customer service levels Americans have paid-for and earned; and request for adequate funding for Older Americans Act programs and other discretionary programs key to seniors, including programs proposed for massive funding reductions in the Presidents budget request, such as Elder Falls Prevention programs and the Alzheimers Disease Program Initiative, and programs targeted for elimination in the Presidents budget such as the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP), the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and the AmeriCorps Seniors programs (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program, Senior Companions Program and Foster Grandparent Program). Blocking Federal Program Payments. Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act (H.R. 8464): Proposals that usesextremely broad and vague language toallow any administration so stop, delay, or condition payments for programs it opposes, or in states it disfavors, using claims of fraudulent spending as a pretext to take away or hold up funding for critical programs authorized and appropriated by Congress. 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The Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (H.R. 3954): Proposals to count time spent in observation status toward the three-day prior inpatient stay required under Medicare for coverage of a subsequent stay in a skilled nursing facility. Medicare Drug Costs. The Pharmaceutical Research Transparency Act (No bill): Proposal to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Security Exchange Act to require pharmaceutical manufacturers to report their costs related to clinical trials and research and development. Medicare Prescription Drugs. Drug Costs. Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law No: 117-169): Law to allow Medicare to negotiate prices with drug makers, cap prices at inflation in Part B and D, cap beneficiary out-of-pocket costs in Part D, eliminate cost-sharing for vaccines, eliminate cost-sharing in the catastrophic phase of Part D, and to raise the income threshold for the Low-Income Subsidy program offering assistance in paying for drugs. Medicare Prescription Drugs. (No bill): A regulatory proposal encouraging the Secretaries of the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Commerce to exercise march in rights that would aim to better control the pricing of prescription drugs. Medicare Prescription Drugs. (No bill): An HHS regulatory proposal to ensure robust negotiation rules and processes that aim to curtail the cost of certain prescription drugs, as authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law No: 117-169). Medicare and Medicaid Prescription Drugs. (No bill): Joined comments with 19 other organizations urging HHS to use its existing authority to license competition in order to lower consumer and taxpayer costs for semaglutide drugs treating diabetes and weight management (e.g., Ozempic and Wegovy). Medicare Savings Program and Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) Programs. (No bill): Proposals to make enrollment of dually eligible individuals in the Medicare Savings Programs (MSP) and the LIS program easier, so that low-income beneficiaries can more readily access financial assistance for Medicare copayments, premiums and deductibles, and to be able to access needed medications at prices they can afford. Medicare Reform. The Assuring Medicares Promise Act (H.R. 609): Proposals to close the loophole for wealthy individuals who bypass paying net investment income tax (NIIT) and directing the revenue to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A that covers inpatient care in hospitals, and to the Social Security Trust Funds. Medicare Dental, Hearing and Vision Coverage. Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025 (H.R. 2045): Proposal to add dental, vision and hearing benefits to Medicare. Medicare Hearing Coverage: The Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2025 (H.R. 500): Proposals to add hearing benefits to Medicare. Medicare Advantage (MA). (No bill): Proposals to create transparency around Medicare Advantage plans using prior authorization and supplemental benefits that are not offered under traditional Medicare. Medicare Advantage. (No bill): Proposals to apply a higher coding adjustment factor to fully account for intensive upcoding by MA plans and to exclude certain information for MA risk adjustment scores and payments; to use two years of traditional Medicare and MA diagnostic data for calculating MA risk-adjusted payments; and to promulgate more fundamental changes to the Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) risk adjustment model. Medicare Advantage. (H.R. 3467) Proposal to make Medicare Advantage plans the default choice during initial enrollment periods. Medicare Privatization (No bill): Proposals to create policies in traditional Medicare that mimic those used by private health insurance plans. Medicaid. The HCBS Access Act (H.R. 8540): Proposals to expand Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) by elevating them to a mandatory entitlement. H.R. 8540 would reduce waitlists and guarantee seniors and individuals with disabilities a choice between home care and institutional care. Would also establish new grant programs and a technical assistance center to improve the wages, benefits, and training pathways for the direct care workforce. Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers (ABC) Act (H.R. 2491 and S. 1227): Proposals would require HHS and SSA to review application processes, procedures, forms, and communications for Medicare, Medicaid, Childrens Health Insurance Program, and Social Security programs in order to reduce administrative barriers facing family caregivers. The bill requires agencies to identify and report to Congress on actions that can be taken to streamline eligibility and assistance for family caregivers within existing programs. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Protecting Americas Seniors Access to Care Act (H.R. 1303): Proposal to prohibit the HHS Secretary from promulgating national staffing standards in nursing homes. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act (H.R. 8100): Proposal to establish mandatory, statutory, minimum nurse staffing standards in nursing homes to ensure at least 4.1 hours of total nursing care per resident per day. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act (S. 3886): Proposal aims to establish federal minimum staffing standards, specifically requiring 3.48 hours per resident per day (HPRD) of total nursing care and 24/7 on-site Registered Nurse (RN) coverage. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing homes. The Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act (H.R. 8100): Proposals to establish a minimum of 4.1 hours of direct nursing home care per resident per day, and a Registered Nurse on duty on-site 24/7. Adds penalties for facilities failing to meet required minimums. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Building Americas Health Care Workforce Act (No bill): Proposal to allow time spent working in a nursing home (prior to any formal training, and permitted during the COVID-19 pandemic) to count toward a 75-hour minimum federal training standard that is required for certified nursing assistants. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Ensuring Seniors Access to Quality Care Act (H.R. 7096): Proposal to repeal regulations that prohibit certified nursing assistant training and competency evaluation programs in skilled nursing facilities that have a record of health and safety deficiencies and have incurred penalties (e.g., civil monetary penalties for substandard quality of care). Medicare Treatment for Osteoporosis (No bill): Support for making payment revisions to the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule that would accelerate treatment improvements for beneficiaries with osteoporosis and help prevent repeat fractures. Medicare and Medicaid Waste, Fraud and Abuse (No bill): Submitted comments with other organizations to a CMS Request for Information (RFI) Related to Comprehensive Regulations To Uncover Suspicious Healthcare (CRUSH), 91 Fed. Reg. 9803 (February 27, 2026) CMS-6098-NC. Medicaid Work Requirements Affecting Eligibility (No bill): Submitted comments with other organizations to request CMS to clarify in regulations that people with disabilities, older adults, and caregivers are exempt from the Medicaid working requirements in P.L. 119-21. Health Insurance. Health Insurance Premium Fairness Act (H.R. 6455). Proposal to close loophole that penalizes couples with one spouse in Medicare and one receiving health care through Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges, by allowing for subtraction of Medicare premiums from the maximum premium paid for a marketplace plan. Health Insurance. (H.R. 1834). Proposals to extend the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits for ACA marketplace health insurance plans. Health Insurance. The Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act (H.R. 6703) Proposals to weakening consumer protections and destabilizing markets by allowing skimpier, less‑regulated plans that can cherry‑pick healthier groups and leave higher‑cost enrollees in the ACA‑regulated small‑group and individual markets with higher premiums. Medicaid and Health Insurance. Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act (S. 2556, H.R. 4849): Proposals to restore massive funding cuts to Medicaid that were included in the 2025 budget reconciliation law, and to make permanent ACA enhanced premium tax credits. Medicare. The Medicare Cost Cap Act (S. 4886): Proposals to add a $5,000 annual cap on out-of-pocket costs for traditional Medicare (Part A and Part B) beneficiaries. Would require Medicare to pay 100 percent of covered health care costs once the $5,000 cap is reached.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":130,"name":"Administration on Aging"},{"id":136,"name":"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)"},{"id":24,"name":"Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":135,"name":"Food & Drug Administration (FDA)"},{"id":34,"name":"Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"RET","general_issue_code_display":"Retirement","description":"Older Americans Act Reauthorization. The Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act (S. 2120): Proposals to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965 and to increase the authorization of appropriations for OAA programs, which is the major federal discretionary funding source for home and community-based services for older adults and their caregivers. Programs supported through the OAA include home-delivered and congregate nutrition services, in-home supportive services, transportation, caregiver support, community service employment, health and wellness programs, the long-term care ombudsman program, services to prevent the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older adults, and other supportive services. Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). The Fair COLA for Seniors Act (No bill) and the Social Security Cost of Living Increase Act (No bill): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries; the Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act (S. 3059): Proposal to calculate COLAs using the current Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) or the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E), whichever is greater. Social Security Expansion. The Social Security 2100 Act (No bill): Proposals to improve benefits and to strengthen Social Security's financing by altering the payroll tax cap, among other changes. The Social Security Expansion Act (S. 770 and H.R. 1700): Proposals to enhance Social Security benefits and ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program. The Strengthening Social Security Act (H.R. 9296): Proposals to extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds and improve benefits. The Safeguarding American Families & Expanding Social Security Act (S. 3462 and H.R. 9415): Proposals to update and modernize Social Security benefits and to extend solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds. The Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act (S. 2614 and H.R. 4968): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries and to ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program by altering the payroll tax cap. The Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement Act (No bill): Proposals to improve benefits for widows and widowers in two-income households. The Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act (SWIFT Act) (S. 3255): Proposal to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses; Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act (H.R. 3517): Proposal would improve Social Security benefits by increasing the Special Minimum Benefit, boosting benefits for seniors who have on the Social Security rolls for a long period of time, restore student benefits to age 26 and extend the life of the Trust Funds by eliminating the cap on Social Security benefits and phasing-in an increase in the payroll tax rate. The Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act (H.R. 6424 and S. 3357): Proposal to increase the lump-sum benefit amount payable upon the death of a beneficiary to take into account inflation. Social Security Funding. The Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act (H.R. 3271 and S. 1690): Proposals to close the loophole for wealthy individuals who bypass paying the net investment income tax (NIIT) and directing the revenue to the Social Security Trust Funds and to the Hospital Insurance Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A that covers inpatient care in hospitals. Cutting Social Security by Raising the Retirement Age. Affirming the Presidents Promise Not to Raise the Social Security and Medicare Retirement Age (H. Res. 657): House Resolution opposing raising Social Security or Medicare eligibility age. Caregiver Social Security Credits. The Social Security Caregiver Credits Act (S. 4396 and H.R. 8490): Proposal to provide Social Security wage credits for individuals who reduce their participation in the workforce or leave the workforce to provide care to specified family members and relatives. Social Security Notch. (No bill): Proposals to ensure that Social Security benefits for individuals born in 1960 and 1961 are not reduced as a result of the coronavirus-related drop in the average wage index. Protecting Seniors from Garnishment. (No bill): Proposal to protect Social Security beneficiaries from having their Social Security benefits garnished to recover unpaid student loans. Social Security Disability Insurance Claim Adjudication. (No bill): Proposal to nullify the rule finalized by the Social Security Administration on November 16, 2020, that outlines when its administrative appeals judges may hold hearings and issue decisions on individual cases. Currently, these judges serve an appellate function where they review, at the request of Social Security claimants, the decisions of the administrative law judges who issue decisions in individual cases. Social Security Overpayments. (H.R. 2999, H.R. 2142 and S. 1023): Proposals to protect retirees, survivors and people with disabilities from being forced to repay extra Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits they received through no fault of their own. Strengthening Beneficiaries Rights. (No bill): Various proposals relating to the protection and rights available to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries. Social Security Benefit Statements. The Know Your Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to implement section 1143 of the Social Security Act by clarifying the Social Security Administration is required to mail annual benefit statements to all workers over age 25. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act (S. 4001 and H.R. 7828): Proposals to strengthen and restore the SSI program. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (H.R. 2540 and S. 1234): Proposal to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update the resource limit for Supplemental Security Income eligibility. The Fairness in Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude the portion of a lump-sum Social Security benefit payment that relates to periods prior to the taxable year from the determination of household income as it relates to SSI eligibility. Retirement Plan Distribution: IRS Notice relating to Use of an Electronic Medium to Make Participant Elections and Spousal Consents (RIN 1545-Bq50). House Committee on Aging. (H. Res. 1013): A Resolution amending the Rules of the House to reestablish a Permanent Select Committee on Aging. Retirement Plan Fiduciary Rule: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Office of Regulations and Interpretations - RIN 1210-AC02; Application No. D-12057; Application No. D-12060. The Department of Labor proposed regulation to modernize the fiduciary rule to strengthen protections for retirement investors who seek professional investment advice. (No bill): Congressional reversal of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to \"Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary\". Retirement Plan Investment Alternatives: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, RIN 1210-AC38. Submitted comments opposing a proposed regulation defining Fiduciary Duties in Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives in 401(k) and other defined contribution plans. Proposal would create safe harbors for fiduciaries who select the investment options offered in 401(k) plans. If a fiduciary considers six factors when selecting any investment option, including alternative assets such as private equity, private credit, real estate, or cryptocurrency to a plan menu, the proposal would treat the fiduciary as meeting ERISAs prudence standard with respect to those factors, which would entitle the fiduciary to deference from any reviewing court. Pensions: The ERISA Litigation Reform Act (H.R. 6084). A bill that would undermine ERISAs ability to protect retirement plan participants hard-earned retirement income under the erroneous notion that the recent unanimous Supreme Court decision in Cunningham v. Cornell University will lead to a tide of ERISA class action litigation. Social Security Administration. Keep Billionaires Out of Our Social Security Act (S. 2763), Hands Off Our Social Security Act (H.R. 4734), Repairing Social Security after DOGE (H.R. 6237). Proposals to reverse cuts the Trump Administration has made to the Social Security Administration (SSA), prevents Social Security field offices from shutting down, makes it easier for seniors and people with disabilities to apply for the benefits they have earned over the phone, provides the resources the SSA needs to approve earned benefits quickly, protects benefits from unauthorized tampering, delays or changes, blocks privatization of SSA, enforces privacy protections for beneficiary data, and requires annual Government Accountability Office audits on staffing, operations and compliance. Social Security Administration. Letter to Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano opposing enhanced identity verification procedures for beneficiary transactions with SSA that will make it difficult, if not impossible, for many older Americans and members of the disability community to access their earned benefits. Social Security Administration. Resolution of Inquiry by Representative John Larson (H. Res. 195): Requesting information be provided to Congress regarding the Department of Government Efficiencys (DOGE) access to the Social Security Administrations computer data, which compromises beneficiary privacy by allowing access to Americans personal information such as Social Security numbers, banking information, earnings history and medical information. Social Security Administration. Keep Our Field Offices Open Act (H.R. 1876): Proposals to suspend Social Security field office closures until January 21, 2029, after which date the Commissioner of Social Security would be required to submit a detailed report to Congress, laying out and justifying a process for closing, consolidating, or reducing access to field offices; bill also requires the Commissioner to maintain the total number of field offices and hearing offices that were in operation on January 20, 2025, after the moratorium ends and requires that, in considering future office closures, the Commissioner must consider potential transportation and communication barriers for individuals served by the office, provide significant advance notice to the public and members of Congress, and ensure opportunities for public input and appeals. Social Security Administration. Protecting Americans Social Security Data Act (H.R. 1877): Proposals to protect Americans from having their sensitive personal information politicized or bought and sold to the highest bidder by preventing Elon Musk, his associates, and political appointees from accessing sensitive data systems at SSA, codifying SSA data privacy requirements into law and strengthening oversight and civil penalties for any privacy and disclosure violations of Social Security beneficiaries personal information. Social Security Administration. The Improving Social Securitys Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act (S. 1666 and H.R. 5345): Proposal to improve Social Security's service to victims of identity theft by requiring the Social Security Administration to provide a single point of contact for any individual whose Social Security account number has been misused. Social Security Administration. Comments on Omitting Food from In-Kind Support and Maintenance Calculations, Docket No. SSA-2021-0014; Comments on Expanding the Rental Subsidy, Docket No. SSA-2023-0010; Comments on Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process Including How We Consider Past Work, Docket No. SSA-2023-0024; Comments on Rulemaking Expanding the Definition of a Public Assistance Household, Docket No. SSA-2023-0015; Comments on strengthening rule regarding the Use of Electronic Payroll Data to Improve Program Administration, Docket No. SSA-2016-0039. Social Security Administration. Comments submitted regarding Social Security Form SSA-827 proposal (Medical Record Collection Process) and the Disability Applicant Evidence Simplification Act (DAESA) draft. Social Security Administration. The creation of an online application for all SSI applicants, streamlining data collection to more effectively obtain treating source evidence, eliminating the reconsideration level of review, updating outdated occupational information, adding a robust online scheduling tool and ensuring comprehensive customer service for all individuals. Social Security Administration. Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (H.R. 8884). Proposals to reauthorize SSA demonstration projects intended to help Americans with disabilities re-enter the workforce, but this legislationdoes not include guardrails to prevent the Trump Administration from forcing our most vulnerable citizens off the disability roles. In light of this Administrations previous efforts to eviscerate the disability program (SSDI) through the mechanism of demonstration projects, budget proposals and regulatory changes, such guardrails are essential. Womens Retirement Security. The Womens Retirement Protection Act (S. 988 and H.R. 2023): Proposal to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans. Food Security for Seniors. Farm bill reauthorization (American Relief Act, P.L. 118-158, Division D) and the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (H.R. 7567): Proposals to cut future Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits or other harmful policies that would worsen the problem of hunger for Americas older adults and other food insecure individuals.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true},{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":130,"name":"Administration on Aging"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":37,"name":"Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"},{"id":38,"name":"Labor, Dept of (DOL)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"GOV","general_issue_code_display":"Government Issues","description":"Social Security and Medicare Trust Fund Committees. The Fiscal Commission Act (H.R. 3289 and S. 4012), the Fiscal Sustainability Act (No bill), the Sustainable Budget Act of 2025 (H.R. 222): Proposals to establish fiscal commissions to make recommendations that would likely include cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits and would be fast-tracked through Congress outside of the regular legislative process. Voting Rights. (No bill): Proposals to require states to give every voter the option to vote by mail; and to require prepaid postage for all election materials and state-provided drop boxes for federal elections. Voting Rights. Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) (H.R. 22), (SAVE America Act)(S. 1383, H.R. 7296): Proposals which significantly limits the ability of older Americans to vote in federal elections by severely restricting the types of documents acceptable to prove identity, requiring the presentation of this documentation in person, and needlessly requiring voters to re-prove their identities every time they renew their registrations. Federal District Court Injunctions. No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA) (H.R. 1526): Proposals to limit federal district courts ability to issue nationwide injunctions against unlawful actions, thus destabilizing the checks and balances built into our constitutional system and putting the freedom of every American at risk. Office of Personnel Management: Comments on Proposed Rule, Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service, Docket ID: OPM-2025-0004, RIN: 3206-AO80: Comments on proposed rule that would severely undermine the career civil service that Congress has sought to protect and protect for more than 140 years, largely due to our concerns about the impact on seniors of politicizing the workforce at the Social Security Administration (SSA),the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other federal agencies which serve older Americans. Filing Tax Returns: Direct File Act of 2026 (S. 3948 and H.R. 7806). A bill to reverse the Trump Administrations decision to end the Direct File program and codify it into law, thus allowing taxpayers to file their taxes online, for fee, and directly with the IRS, saving families time and money by cutting out the middleman.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":81,"name":"Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"CIV","general_issue_code_display":"Civil Rights/Civil Liberties","description":"Age Discrimination. The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA) (H.R. 3522 and S. 1820): Proposal to restore the standard of proof in age discrimination cases to the pre-2009 level and treat age discrimination as unjust as other forms of employment discrimination; The Protecting Older Job Applicants (POJA) Act (No bill): Proposal to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating or classifying job applicants based on an applicants age; Protecting Older Americans Act of 2025 (H.R. 5115 and S. 2703): Proposals to eliminate the current practice of employers utilizing forced arbitration to resolve age discrimination complaints, which would shift some of the leverage employers currently exert in these claims back to the workers themselves. The Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 1115 and H.R. 17): Proposal to prevent wage discrimination for occurring and helping women and their families secure the paychecks they have earned. Protecting Seniors from Fraud. (No bill). 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Current conditions in El Salvador do not support a safe return for holders living in the U.S. MEDICARE IMMIGRANT ELIGIBILITY CHANGES: NAC joined the Justice in Aging sign-on letter commenting on the proposed rules implementing H.R. 1 restrictions on Medicare eligibility. The letter outlines key issues and the impact the rule will have on older immigrants, including those who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. The letter urges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to adopt a person-centered equitable approach to the implementation of Medicare eligibility changes presented in the CY 2027 Medicare Physician fee Schedule. Letter directed to Dr. Mehmet Oz, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services. ENDORSEMENT OF TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE STATUS (TPS) FOR NEPAL: Letter to President Trump and Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Department of Homeland Security urging TPS for Nepal. 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The letter focuses on the interaction between the green card adjudication halt and the coming Medicaid and CHIP eligibility changes that cut off refugees who do not have green cards (including over 149,000 with pending applications). The letter urges DHS and USCIS to immediately resume adjudication of all refugee green card applications, end unnecessary re-vetting of resettled refugees, and establish a channel for members of Congress to request expedited adjudication for applicants facing a loss of medical coverage. PROTECT A FAIR, COMPLETE AND ACCURATE 2030 CENSUS: The U.S. Census Bureau published a proposed regulation that would make significant changes to how the 2030 Decennial Census counts people and collects demographic data. If implemented, the proposed changes would directly impact the people and communities that nonprofits serve every day and undermine the census's ability to provide a fair and accurate count of the people living in America. The proposal would exclude broad categories of people, including international students, H-1B visa holders, refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented people and others, from the population count used to allocate congressional seats and federal funding. The proposed regulation would also eliminate questions on race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation, an unprecedented departure from the censuss longstanding practice of collecting critical demographic information. These changes would undercount the number of people living in communities, reducing their access to federal resources and political representation, and they would make it harder to understand changing community needs and address racial, social, and other disparities. ICE SENSITIVE LOCATIONS POLICY IN PLACES OF WORSHIP: Upon request of Muslim Advocates.org, and the National Immigration Law Center, NAC, along with other faith-based organizations were invited to sign on to an amicus brief that discusses the harm of immigration enforcement in places of worship with a focus on anti-Muslim targeting. The brief also situates these harms within the broader pattern of racialized and anti-Muslim national security policies that have historically targeted specific communities and have implications for all immigrant communities. NAC QUOTE IN INTERFAITH IMMIGRATION COALITION PRESS RELEASE ON TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE STATUIS TERMINATION: Fran Eskin-Royer, Executive Director of the National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, said: America opened our arms, recognizing the severity of life in unsafe societies such as Haiti and El Salvador. Life has not improved in these countries. Rather, men, women and children are barely surviving in places like Haiti, overcome with violence and poverty. Now is not the time to end Temporary Protected Status, forcing these innocent individuals and families back to countries in turmoil and crisis. We call on the Trump Administration and U.S. Congress to extend TPS, and, in particular for Haiti, to pass S. 4814 extending TPS for Haitians for three years. STATEMENT FOR UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY HIGH-LEVEL WEEK AND 75TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR OF THE REFUGEE CONVENTION: NAC joined faith-based organizations in expressing deep concern for ongoing human rights violations experienced by refugees, asylum seekers , and other forcibly displaced people as part of acknowledging the 75th anniversary year. The statement urges all member states to reaffirm their commitment to the Refugee convention and other international human rights instruments, ensuring that dignity, solidarity, protection, and responsibility-sharing remain at the center of responses to forced displacement, upholding the rights of refugees towards a more just, peaceful, and humane world. NAC QUOTE IN INTERFAITH IMMIGRATION COALITION PRESS RELEASE ON PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION NUMBER: Fran Eskin-Royer, Executive Director of the National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd: Displacement and fear do not take a holiday; nor do they take a pause for U.S. midterm elections. Americans would be mortified to discover that our great country has only welcomed around 15,000 vetted refugees in the last year - and that over 95% of them are white Afrikaners leaving South Africa. Meanwhile, there are more than 41 million refugees from the rest of the world who purposefully are being prohibited entry or even consideration. What of those escaping Myanmar and Ukraine? What of all the Christians being persecuted and hunted in Nigeria and Sudan? The Trump Administration must fully resume the governments refugee processing and resettlement program, including a nondiscriminatory framework to protect the most at-risk refugees. And, for the love of God, the miserably low cap must be raised dramatically. IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY VISITS (Sept 15): Our Lady of Sorrows Mass, Procession and Advocacy - Advocated for Immigration Principles paralleling the 7 sorrowful mysteries of the rosary. Organized by the Dorothea Project - a group of Catholic women from around the U.S. organized for action around Catholic Social Teaching for the dignity and rights of immigrants and all vulnerable people. . NAC met with Rep. Conaway, (NJ-3) staff, Sen. Booker staff and Rep. 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PROTECT BABIES AND FAMILIES IN FY2027 APPROPRIATIONS: NAC was among the signers of this letter to members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees calling for policy decisions to be grounded in principles that support babies, toddlers, and their families. This letter highlights many programs that could be harmed and must be protected including Head Start and Early Head Start, Child Care and Development Block Grants, and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act programs. NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT (NDAA) FISCAL YEAR 2027 (HR 8800): Request for NAC advocates to urge their representatives to vote NO on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (HR 8800), unless the SAVE America Act (S 1383), as passed by the House, is removed. HEALTHY START PROGRAM (MATERNAL HEALTH): NAC was part of this sign on from state and national organizations urging Congress to fully fund Healthy Start for FY2027 (from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027). Like previous sign-on letters, this letter was meant to demonstrate the depth of support for Healthy Start across the nation. THE CENSUS PROJECT BUDGET: White House released its initial list of Fiscal Year 2027 funding anomalies. To reflect this unexpected development, the sign-on organizers made some minor edits to a previous Census-related sign-on to Congress; specifically: If the current appropriations process lapses, we urge you to reinforce your commitment to the U.S. Census Bureau by adding the agency to the Administrations requested list of funding anomalies as deliberations regarding the FY 2027 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill continue. NAC was among the signers. PROTECT NUTRITION FOR WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN (WIC) THROUGH REMOTE SERVICES LEGISLATIONT: NAC constituents are urging their members of Congress to pass the MODERN WIC Act/21st Century WIC Act (H.R.1464/S. 3842) by including them in the FY 2027 Agriculture Appropriations. These bipartisan, bicameral bills would make permanent the virtual (such as video or telephone) certification/recertification, benefit distribution, nutrition education and breastfeeding support options for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) which are set to expire as early as October 1, 2026. (Until recent years, families were required to have in-person appointments to get certified for, pick up, and reload WIC benefits.) MODERN WIC ACT / 21st Century WIC ACT: (H.R.1464/S. 3842) ACTION ALERT: NAC constituents were asked to advocate for future students and moms by contacting their members of Congress to pass these acts by including them in the FY2027 Agricultural Appropriations. JOINT STATEMENT WITH OTHER CONGREGATIONS ON U.S. COVENANT FOR OUR FUTURE (EFFORT TO REPEAL H.R. 1): Covenant For Our Future is a rising multi faith, multi issue movement mobilizing thousands of leaders across traditions and communities to repeal H.R. 1 (the One Big Beautiful Bill Act) and renew the federal governments commitment to justice. NAC is among those that affirmed / signed the Covenant. Our country is facing a convergence of crises-escalating threats to democracy, cuts to healthcare and the social safety net, racist persecution of migrants, fast growing climate impacts, and massive tax breaks for the wealthiest that violate our deepest moral commitments. $1.15 TRILLION PENTAGON BUDGET: NAC was a part of this sign-on letter focused on opposing the $1.15 trillion Pentagon budget. The letter had three main asks: 1.Reject the $1.15 trillion Pentagon topline and oppose any further increase in Pentagon funding for FY 2027, including plus-ups sought through supplemental or reconciliation packages. 2.Protect and invest in programs that make life more affordable for those struggling. Ensure adequate investment in human needs programs, including Medicare, the Affordable Care Act and SNAP, and ensure Pentagon spending does not further eclipse non-defense spending. 3.Refuse to fund unauthorized war, including Iran, Latin America and elsewhere, and invest instead in the true sources of security-diplomacy, peacebuilding, foreign assistance, and nonviolent approaches to human, national, and global security.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":145398,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"FRANCES","nickname":"FRAN","middle_name":null,"last_name":"ESKIN-ROYER","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"FOR","general_issue_code_display":"Foreign Relations","description":"ADVOCACY FOR CUBA: The Trump administration's policies have pushed Cuba into a full-blown humanitarian crisis, and the signs now point to a possible military escalation. U.S. military planners are reportedly already examining options for action on the island, including an air assault involving thousands of soldiers. The public groundwork is being laid as well: last week, the State Department released a 100-page report casting Cuba as the driving force behind \"far left terrorism\" in the United States. Many observers, including members of Congress, have read it as an effort to manufacture consent for military intervention. NAC and collaborators asked the Senate to address this issue before they recess for summer break. JULY 14 HUMAN TRAFFICKING BRIEFING AND ADVOCACY: NAC helped organize and promote a July 14 briefing for House and Senate staff around two pieces of legislation, the Frederick Douglass TVPRA (H.R. 1144 - Foreign Relations focus) and the Kids Online Safety Act (S. 1748 - Science & Technology focus). The briefing was followed by in person lobby visits on July 14. NAC made visits on the two bills to Rep. Stephen Lynch MA-08, Rep. Gabe Evans CO-08, Rep. David Kustoff TN-08, and Senator Bill Hagerty TN. NAC advocates also did online email advocacy on the two bills on or around July 14. ACCOUNTABILITY FOR BOAT STRIKES ON ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY: The sign-on letter to Congress marked the one-year anniversary (September 2) since the first boat strike in Latin America and urged Congress to adopt an aggressive oversight and accountability agenda to redress these illegal and immoral operations. HOUSE VOTE ON THE CUBA WAR POWER RESOLUTION: NAC joined this letter urging House Democratic leadership to call a vote on a Cuba War Powers Resolution as soon as possible and oppose the White House's illegal oil blockade. Since January 2026, President Trump has declared a functional U.S. blockade on Cuban-bound oil, widely understood to be an illegal act of war under international law. Trump's oil embargo has pushed Cuba to the brink of humanitarian collapse, and a UN panel last week that U.S. sanctions threaten to make Cuba into a \"silent Gaza\". Trump and Secretary Rubio continue to announce new sanctions and interventions in Cuba aimed at fomenting regime change, as well as threaten direct military intervention on the island. ACT TO STOP U.S. GUN TRAFFICKING - ARMAS ACT Action Alert: Constituents of NAC were asked to write to Congress urging their members to co-sponsor the Americas Regional Monitoring of Arms Sales (ARMAS) Act of 2025 (H.R. 6736 / S.3508); this legislation would profoundly impact Latin America and the Caribbean, reducing gun violence, promoting regional stability, and preventing U.S. firearms from contributing to humanitarian crises there. It would effectively stop the illegal flow of U.S. weapons and ammunition to Latin America and the Caribbean. ARMAS Act (Sept 29/30): Coalition of 20+ organizations (incl NAC) advocating for the Americas Regional Monitoring of Arms Sales (ARMAS) Act of 2025 (H.R. 6736 / S.3508); this legislation would profoundly impact Latin America and the Caribbean - particularly Mexico and Haiti, reducing gun violence, promoting regional stability, and preventing U.S. firearms from contributing to humanitarian crises there. Sept 29 included a briefing on the Hill featuring people impacted by gun violence in Haiti and Mexico, and other experts on the regions and legislation. After the briefing advocates took part in a training and heard from additional experts on Haiti and Mexico. Sept 30 was devoted to online and in person advocacy.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":145398,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"FRANCES","nickname":"FRAN","middle_name":null,"last_name":"ESKIN-ROYER","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"AGR","general_issue_code_display":"Agriculture","description":"SNAP (SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM): Hunger is a daily experience for millions in the U.S. As living costs rise and wages lag, the One Big Beautiful Bill Acts (OBBBA) significant cuts to SNAP remain. NAC Constituents were asked to alert their members of Congress to reverse the SNAP cuts, undo the new state-level benefit cost-shifts and undo the additional 25% administrative fee by passing a Farm Bill that rectifies these program harms. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that states will be forced to contribute $35 billion to meet these changes or forego the program entirely. VOTE NO ON FARM BILL: NAC blasted the members of the Senate Agricultural Committee urging them to vote NO on the revised Farm Bill recently released by the Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Boozman. The bill would delay the SNAP benefit cost-share to the states for only ONE year and increase the costs states may have to pay for SNAP. The committee members were asked to continue to pursue a bipartisan solution that: gives states and communities more time to adapt to the changes to SNAP brought by H.R. 1; keeps food on families tables and invests wisely in children and farmers.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":145398,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"FRANCES","nickname":"FRAN","middle_name":null,"last_name":"ESKIN-ROYER","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"HOU","general_issue_code_display":"Housing","description":"FAMILY STABILITY AND OPPORTUNITY VOUCHERS ACT (S. 5405): The Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act was to be reintroduced in Sept. 2026 - and was, in fact, as S. 5405. The co-sponsors requested endorsing organizations and NAC obliged. The Act focuses on increasing housing options for low-income families experiencing or at risk of homelessness.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":145398,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"FRANCES","nickname":"FRAN","middle_name":null,"last_name":"ESKIN-ROYER","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"LAW","general_issue_code_display":"Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice","description":"DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (DV) SURVIVORS ALERTED FOR EMERGENCY (SAFE) NOTICE ACT OF 2026 (S. 5656): NAC was among the organizations endorsing this bill that would require DV victims and survivors be notified when a prohibited abusive intimate partner fails a firearms background check. 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MEDICARE: NAC was part of a sign-on letter asking Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to prioritize pro-consumer reforms and to ensure health care consumers can access the affordable, high-quality hospital care they need and deserve. In July 2026, the Trump Administration proposed major changes to how Medicare pays for hospital care in its annual Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS). If finalized, these proposals would take important steps to rein in key payment distortions, including site of service payment differences, that drive hospital consolidation and unaffordable hospital care. PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS: NAC was part of this sign-on urging policymakers in the Senate to build on the Inflation Reduction Act with policies to save hundreds of billions of dollars in prescription drug costs and make sure all Americans have access to the medicines they need. Sent to Ranking Member Wyden of the Senate Finance Committee and other Senate Democrats in response to their request for information from stakeholders on policies to lower drug prices and make drugs more affordable for patients.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":145398,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"FRANCES","nickname":"FRAN","middle_name":null,"last_name":"ESKIN-ROYER","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":136,"name":"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"CPI","general_issue_code_display":"Computer Industry","description":"CONGRESSIONAL LETTER ON AI PRINCIPLES: NAC was among the signers of this letter that took the form of a Statement of Principles Regarding Artificial Intelligence.\" Its introduction stated that AI oversight legislation must be driven by the voices of working families and governed by the following principles to ensure justice and benefit to humanity. The principles include: Independence, Broad mandate, Enforce existing laws, Universal benefit","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":145398,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"FRANCES","nickname":"FRAN","middle_name":null,"last_name":"ESKIN-ROYER","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"TAX","general_issue_code_display":"Taxation/Internal Revenue Code","description":"CHILD TAX CREDIT (CTC): This sign-on letter from NAC and others to congressional leadership expressed support for expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC). It endorsed the American Family Act (AFA) to expand the CTC by increasing the credit, making it fully available to all children on a monthly basis, and creating a baby bonus. The letter also urged congressional leaders to make the AFA a cornerstone of the federal affordability agenda. CHILD TAX CREDIT AND EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT: NAC joined a coalition letter urging Congressional leaders to include direct cash policies in any affordability agenda. The request is to: 1. Expand the Child Tax Credit by making it fully available to low- and middle-income families, including all children regardless of immigration status, and delivering it in monthly payments. 2. Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit by broadening age and income eligibility and increasing the credit for workers without children. AFFORDABILITY AND THE CHILD TAX CREDIT: NAC signed on to two additional letters to Congress: 1.Cash & Affordability Letter The letter calls on Congress to make direct cash supports-including an expanded monthly Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit-part of any affordability agenda. The letter highlights policies that can help families and workers meet rising costs and calls for expanding the CTC and EITC to reach more people. 2.American Family Act (S. 1393 / H.R. 2763) Sign-On Letter This letter urges Congress to pass the American Family Act, which would expand the Child Tax Credit, make it fully available to children in low- and middle-income families, provide enhanced support for newborns, and deliver payments monthly. The letter highlights the role of an expanded CTC in helping families meet basic needs and addressing the rising cost of raising children.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":145398,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"FRANCES","nickname":"FRAN","middle_name":null,"last_name":"ESKIN-ROYER","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"DOC","general_issue_code_display":"District of Columbia","description":"OCCUPATION OF DC BY MIILITARY: August 11, 2026 marked one year of military occupation of DC. NAC was a part of this open letter to Congress marking the occasion and noting the deep harms inflicted over the past year. Topics include: 1) Oppose the military occupation and full support of DC statehood. 2) That every governor serving as Commander in Chief of deployed National Guard troops withdraw those troops from Washington, D.C. immediately. 3) Call on every Member of Congress to honor the principle of consent of the governed and commit to not overturning or interfering with Washington, D.C.'s locally enacted laws. Congress' constitutional jurisdiction over the federal enclave should not be used as an excuse to take away the authority DC has over its own affairs. 4) Urge the federal government to dismantle the \"DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force\" and the Joint Task Force created to operationalize it, to end the surge of forces in Washington, D.C., and to cease all ICE, DHS, DEA, IRS, FBI, Park Police, and other federal surge traffic checkpoints, high speed chases, and raids on homes and workplaces. 5) Encourage our communities to use their First Amendment rights in the District of Columbia to peaceably assemble and petition their government for a redress of grievances. 6) Publicly oppose any effort to prevent the seating of duly elected officials representing Washington, D.C. or any other jurisdiction and commit our resources to ensure that every elected official is sworn in and seated.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":145398,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"FRANCES","nickname":"FRAN","middle_name":null,"last_name":"ESKIN-ROYER","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"SCI","general_issue_code_display":"Science/Technology","description":"JULY 14 HUMAN TRAFFICKING BRIEFING AND ADVOCACY: NAC helped organize and promote a July 14 briefing for House and Senate staff around two pieces of legislation, the Frederick Douglass TVPRA (H.R. 1144 - Foreign Relations focus) and the Kids Online Safety Act (S. 1748 -Science & Tech focus). The briefing was followed by in person lobby visits on July 14. NAC made visits on the two bills to Rep. Stephen Lynch MA-08, Rep. Gabe Evans CO-08, Rep. David Kustoff TN-08, and Senator Bill Hagerty TN. NAC advocates also did online email advocacy on the two bills on or around July 14. KIDS ONLINE SAFETY ACT (S.1748) Action Alert: NAC has advocated several years for the passage of this Act. Some progress has taken place. Meta was recently held accountable in court for its addictive design features. The company has agreed to pay $17 billion and add child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction, settling claims filed by forty-seven states. While a significant step toward better protecting our kids online - it is not enough. Time is running out. Constituents were asked to urge Senators to pass the Act in September 2026. Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) Advocacy (S. 1748) (Sept 16/17): Urged the following to work for KOSA passage ASAP: Sen. Warnock (GA) staff; Sen. McCormick (PA) staff; Sen. Schumer (NY) staff (LEADERSHIP); Sen. Ossoff (GA) drop off; Sen. Thune (SD) staff (LEADERSHIP); Sen. Cruz (TX) staff (COMMERCE COMMITTEE); Sen. Schiff (CA) staff; Sen. Padilla staff (CA). 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The Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act (S. 2120): Proposals to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965 and to increase the authorization of appropriations for OAA programs, which is the major federal discretionary funding source for home and community-based services for older adults and their caregivers. Programs supported through the OAA include home-delivered and congregate nutrition services, in-home supportive services, transportation, caregiver support, community service employment, health and wellness programs, the long-term care ombudsman program, services to prevent the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older adults, and other supportive services. Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). The Fair COLA for Seniors Act (No bill) and the Social Security Cost of Living Increase Act (No bill): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries; the Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act (S. 3059/H.R. 5841): Proposal to calculate COLAs using the current Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) or the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E), whichever is greater. Social Security Expansion. The Social Security 2100 Act (H.R. 9519/S. 5042): Proposals to improve benefits and to strengthen Social Security's financing by altering the payroll tax cap, among other changes. The Social Security Expansion Act (S. 770 and H.R. 1700): Proposals to enhance Social Security benefits and ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program. The Strengthening Social Security Act (H.R. 9296): Proposals to extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds and improve benefits. The Safeguarding American Families & Expanding Social Security Act (S. 3462 and H.R. 9415): Proposals to update and modernize Social Security benefits and to extend solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds. The Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act (S. 2614 and H.R. 4968): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries and to ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program by altering the payroll tax cap. The Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement Act (No bill): Proposals to improve benefits for widows and widowers in two-income households. The Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act (SWIFT Act) (S. 3255/H.R. 9763): Proposal to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses; Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act (H.R. 3517): Proposal would improve Social Security benefits by increasing the Special Minimum Benefit, boosting benefits for seniors who have on the Social Security rolls for a long period of time, restore student benefits to age 26 and extend the life of the Trust Funds by eliminating the cap on Social Security benefits and phasing-in an increase in the payroll tax rate. The Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act (H.R. 6424/S. 3357): Proposal to increase the lump-sum benefit amount payable upon the death of a beneficiary to take into account inflation. Social Security Funding. The Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act (H.R. 3271/S. 1690): Proposals to close the loophole for wealthy individuals who bypass paying the net investment income tax (NIIT) and directing the revenue to the Social Security Trust Funds and to the Hospital Insurance Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A that covers inpatient care in hospitals. Cutting Social Security by Raising the Retirement Age. Affirming the Presidents Promise Not to Raise the Social Security and Medicare Retirement Age (H. Res. 657): House Resolution opposing raising Social Security or Medicare eligibility age. Caregiver Social Security Credits. The Social Security Caregiver Credits Act (S. 4396/H.R. 8490): Proposal to provide Social Security wage credits for individuals who reduce their participation in the workforce or leave the workforce to provide care to specified family members and relatives. Social Security Notch. (No bill): Proposals to ensure that Social Security benefits for individuals born in 1960 and 1961 are not reduced as a result of the coronavirus-related drop in the average wage index. Protecting Seniors from Garnishment. Stop Social Security Garnishment Act of 2026 (S. 5456/H.R. 3967), Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act (S. 5532/H.R. 10557): Proposals to protect Social Security beneficiaries from having their Social Security benefits garnished to recover unpaid student loans. Social Security Disability Insurance Claim Adjudication. (No bill): Proposal to nullify the rule finalized by the Social Security Administration on November 16, 2020, that outlines when its administrative appeals judges may hold hearings and issue decisions on individual cases. Currently, these judges serve an appellate function where they review, at the request of Social Security claimants, the decisions of the administrative law judges who issue decisions in individual cases. Social Security Overpayments. (H.R. 2999, H.R. 2142 and S. 1023): Proposals to protect retirees, survivors and people with disabilities from being forced to repay extra Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits they received through no fault of their own. Strengthening Beneficiaries Rights. (No bill): Various proposals relating to the protection and rights available to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries. Social Security Benefit Statements. The Know Your Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to implement section 1143 of the Social Security Act by clarifying the Social Security Administration is required to mail annual benefit statements to all workers over age 25. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act (S. 4001/H.R. 7828): Proposals to strengthen and restore the SSI program. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (H.R. 2540/S. 1234): Proposal to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update the resource limit for Supplemental Security Income eligibility. The Fairness in Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude the portion of a lump-sum Social Security benefit payment that relates to periods prior to the taxable year from the determination of household income as it relates to SSI eligibility. Retirement Plan Distribution: IRS Notice relating to Use of an Electronic Medium to Make Participant Elections and Spousal Consents (RIN 1545-Bq50). House Committee on Aging. (H. Res. 1013): A Resolution amending the Rules of the House to reestablish a Permanent Select Committee on Aging. Retirement Plan Fiduciary Rule: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Office of Regulations and Interpretations - RIN 1210-AC02; Application No. D-12057; Application No. D-12060. The Department of Labor proposed regulation to modernize the fiduciary rule to strengthen protections for retirement investors who seek professional investment advice. (No bill): Congressional reversal of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to \"Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary\". Retirement Plan Investment Alternatives: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, RIN 1210-AC38. Submitted comments opposing a proposed regulation defining Fiduciary Duties in Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives in 401(k) and other defined contribution plans. Proposal would create safe harbors for fiduciaries who select the investment options offered in 401(k) plans. If a fiduciary considers six factors when selecting any investment option, including alternative assets such as private equity, private credit, real estate, or cryptocurrency to a plan menu, the proposal would treat the fiduciary as meeting ERISAs prudence standard with respect to those factors, which would entitle the fiduciary to deference from any reviewing court. Pensions: The ERISA Litigation Reform Act (H.R. 6084). A bill that would undermine ERISAs ability to protect retirement plan participants hard-earned retirement income under the erroneous notion that the recent unanimous Supreme Court decision in Cunningham v. Cornell University will lead to a tide of ERISA class action litigation. Social Security Administration. Keep Billionaires Out of Our Social Security Act (S. 2763), Hands Off Our Social Security Act (H.R. 4734), Repairing Social Security after DOGE (H.R. 6237). Proposals to reverse cuts the Trump Administration has made to the Social Security Administration (SSA), prevents Social Security field offices from shutting down, makes it easier for seniors and people with disabilities to apply for the benefits they have earned over the phone, provides the resources the SSA needs to approve earned benefits quickly, protects benefits from unauthorized tampering, delays or changes, blocks privatization of SSA, enforces privacy protections for beneficiary data, and requires annual Government Accountability Office audits on staffing, operations and compliance. Social Security Administration. Letter to Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano opposing enhanced identity verification procedures for beneficiary transactions with SSA that will make it difficult, if not impossible, for many older Americans and members of the disability community to access their earned benefits. Social Security Administration. Resolution of Inquiry by Representative John Larson (H. Res. 195): Requesting information be provided to Congress regarding the Department of Government Efficiencys (DOGE) access to the Social Security Administrations computer data, which compromises beneficiary privacy by allowing access to Americans personal information such as Social Security numbers, banking information, earnings history and medical information. Social Security Administration. Keep Our Field Offices Open Act (H.R. 1876): Proposals to suspend Social Security field office closures until January 21, 2029, after which date the Commissioner of Social Security would be required to submit a detailed report to Congress, laying out and justifying a process for closing, consolidating, or reducing access to field offices; bill also requires the Commissioner to maintain the total number of field offices and hearing offices that were in operation on January 20, 2025, after the moratorium ends and requires that, in considering future office closures, the Commissioner must consider potential transportation and communication barriers for individuals served by the office, provide significant advance notice to the public and members of Congress, and ensure opportunities for public input and appeals. Social Security Administration. Protecting Americans Social Security Data Act (H.R. 1877): Proposals to protect Americans from having their sensitive personal information politicized or bought and sold to the highest bidder by preventing Elon Musk, his associates, and political appointees from accessing sensitive data systems at SSA, codifying SSA data privacy requirements into law and strengthening oversight and civil penalties for any privacy and disclosure violations of Social Security beneficiaries personal information. Social Security Administration. The Improving Social Securitys Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act (S. 1666/H.R. 5345): Proposal to improve Social Security's service to victims of identity theft by requiring the Social Security Administration to provide a single point of contact for any individual whose Social Security account number has been misused. Social Security Administration. Comments on Omitting Food from In-Kind Support and Maintenance Calculations, Docket No. SSA-2021-0014; Comments on Expanding the Rental Subsidy, Docket No. SSA-2023-0010; Comments on Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process Including How We Consider Past Work, Docket No. SSA-2023-0024; Comments on Rulemaking Expanding the Definition of a Public Assistance Household, Docket No. SSA-2023-0015; Comments on strengthening rule regarding the Use of Electronic Payroll Data to Improve Program Administration, Docket No. SSA-2016-0039. Social Security Administration. Comments submitted regarding Social Security Form SSA-827 proposal (Medical Record Collection Process) and the Disability Applicant Evidence Simplification Act (DAESA) draft. Social Security Administration. The creation of an online application for all SSI applicants, streamlining data collection to more effectively obtain treating source evidence, eliminating the reconsideration level of review, updating outdated occupational information, adding a robust online scheduling tool and ensuring comprehensive customer service for all individuals. Social Security Administration. Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (H.R. 8884/S. 4947). Proposals to reauthorize SSA demonstration projects intended to help Americans with disabilities re-enter the workforce, but this legislation does not include guardrails to prevent the Trump Administration from forcing our most vulnerable citizens off the disability roles. In light of this Administrations previous efforts to eviscerate the disability program (SSDI) through the mechanism of demonstration projects, budget proposals and regulatory changes, such guardrails are essential. Womens Retirement Security. The Womens Retirement Protection Act (S. 988/H.R. 2023): Proposal to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans. Food Security for Seniors. Farm bill reauthorization (American Relief Act, P.L. 118-158, Division D) and the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (H.R. 7567): Proposals to cut future Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits or other harmful policies that would worsen the problem of hunger for Americas older adults and other food insecure individuals.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":130,"name":"Administration on Aging"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":37,"name":"Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"},{"id":38,"name":"Labor, Dept of (DOL)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"BUD","general_issue_code_display":"Budget/Appropriations","description":"Budget: Concurrent Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res. 41): A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034: The Six Penny Plan which would significantly harm the economy and force severe cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other federal programs vital to Americas seniors. Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14): provision in Section 406 including bipartisan reform of Medicare which would likely result in benefit cuts, provisions in Section 409 making employment a requirement for Medicaid eligibility, provisions in Section 414 establishing a fiscal commission intended to cut the earned benefits of American workers and retirees. Graham Substitute amendment to Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14) as considered in both the House and Senate: the use of current policy baseline to hide the cost from the American people of making permanent the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA); the magnitude and distribution of the tax cuts envisioned in the resolution; spending cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, operating costs for the Social Security Administration (SSA), and other programs important to seniors such as homelessness prevention, home-delivered and community meals, transportation access, falls prevention, chronic disease management, resources on Alzheimers disease and related dementia, support to long-term care ombudsman and adult protective services addressing maltreatment, and critical funding in the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); opposing the resulting massive amounts of debt that threaten the future viability of earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare; Senate Amendment 1341 to H. Con. Res. 14 by Senator Mazie Hirono raising a point of order against any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would result in the disruption of Social Security benefits or interrupting services within the Social Security program, including any such disruption or interruption caused by infrastructure upgrades to the information technology infrastructure of SSA. Budget: Budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1): A bill providing for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14: Proposals that will result in massive cuts to programs critical to older Americans and their families as it enacts unprecedented cuts to fundamental programs that provide health care and essential services to lower- and moderate-income Americans, all to partially offset the cost of massive tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations. H.R. 1 will add at least $3.4 trillion to the federal debt in the next decade, which will starve the U.S. of resources with the ultimate effect of providing a justification for later legislation that would cut the earned benefits Americans have paid for throughout their working lives - Social Security and Medicare. Specifically, the bill includes deep cuts to Medicaid, totaling around $1 trillion and representing four times the size of previous Medicaid cuts; around $180 billion in cuts to the SNAP, the largest cut in the programs history, and unless they are blocked by future legislation, will trigger PAYGO requirements in federal law which will result in a 4 percent sequestration of Medicare spending starting in 2026. Balanced Budget: Balanced Budget Amendment (H.J. Res. 139). A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution which would place a limitation on federal spending that would require a two-thirds supermajority to overcome except in the case of a declaration of war. The amendment would require a two-thirds supermajority to raise taxes but only a simple majority to cut taxes. If enacted, it would alter Congressional voting procedures to facilitate cutting taxes above all other priorities except spending on declared wars, thus increasing the likelihood that the fiscal policies adopted in coming decades will favor the well-off at the expense of middle- and low-income Americans. The resolution would also severely limit Social Security and Medicare Part A from drawing down Trust Fund reserves to pay retirement, disability and survivor benefits and hospitalization costs. Republican Study Committee (RSC): A Framework for the Next Reconciliation bill. Proposals to eliminate the enhanced tax credits available to low-income workers through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and redirect the money into so-called Health Freedom Accounts, codify the TrumpRX program, a website which re-directs consumers to existing manufacturers discounts on brand-name prescription drugs; expand and codify Association Health Plans; enact additional cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, housing assistance and other government programs. Republican Study Committee (RSC) FY 2027 Budget: supports additional tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations such as repealing the estate tax; endorses additional cuts to Medicaid and SNAP; expands Health Savings Accounts; reforms Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to lower expenditures; criticizes Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) as providing excessive benefits to seniors struggling to keep up with rising costs of living; endorses the use of the SSA database for purposes other than ensuring Americans receive their correct earned benefits; supports the replacement of the non-political civil service employees with political supporters of the Administration on a broad basis; eliminates funding for the Department of Labors (DOL) Senior Community Service Employment Program; reduces funding for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Community Services Block Grants; and reduces funding for Rental Housing Assistance Programs, among other proposals that serve seniors and the disability community. Appropriations: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY 2026 (S. 2587): Requesting funding for the Social Security Administration of at least 1.2 percent of benefits paid to restore customer service levels Americans have paid-for and earned; and request for adequate funding for Older Americans Act programs and other discretionary programs key to seniors, including programs proposed for massive funding reductions in the Presidents budget request, such as Elder Falls Prevention programs and the Alzheimers Disease Program Initiative, and programs targeted for elimination in the Presidents budget such as the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP), the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and the AmeriCorps Seniors programs (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program, Senior Companions Program and Foster Grandparent Program). Blocking Federal Program Payments. Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act (H.R. 8464): Proposals that uses extremely broad and vague language to allow any administration so stop, delay, or condition payments for programs it opposes, or in states it disfavors, using claims of fraudulent spending as a pretext to take away or hold up funding for critical programs authorized and appropriated by Congress. H.R. 8464 would legitimize the withholding of funds to reward favored individuals and groups while destroying those who do not agree with the actions of this or future administrations.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":18,"name":"Office of Management & Budget (OMB)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"CIV","general_issue_code_display":"Civil Rights/Civil Liberties","description":"Age Discrimination. The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA) (H.R. 3522/S. 1820): Proposal to restore the standard of proof in age discrimination cases to the pre-2009 level and treat age discrimination as unjust as other forms of employment discrimination; The Protecting Older Job Applicants (POJA) Act (No bill): Proposal to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating or classifying job applicants based on an applicants age; Protecting Older Americans Act of 2025 (H.R. 5115/S. 2703): Proposals to eliminate the current practice of employers utilizing forced arbitration to resolve age discrimination complaints, which would shift some of the leverage employers currently exert in these claims back to the workers themselves. The Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 1115/H.R. 17): Proposal to prevent wage discrimination for occurring and helping women and their families secure the paychecks they have earned. Protecting Seniors from Fraud. (No bill). Urging Congress to examine whether federal law, including Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, appropriately balances protections for online innovation with accountability when platforms knowingly profit from repeated scam activity targeting vulnerable populations, and to initiate a formal investigation exploring the numerous allegations against Meta-owned platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, raised by a recent report labeled SCAMBOOK: How Meta Helps Medicare Scammers Target Seniors, published by the Center for countering Digital Hate (CCDH).","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"GOV","general_issue_code_display":"Government Issues","description":"Social Security and Medicare Trust Fund Committees. The Fiscal Commission Act (H.R. 3289/S. 4012), the Fiscal Sustainability Act (No bill), the Sustainable Budget Act of 2025 (H.R. 222), the Bipartisan Social Security Commission Act of 2026 (H.R. 9187), The PROMISE Act of 2026 (S. 4979): Proposals to establish fiscal commissions to make recommendations that would likely include cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits and would be fast-tracked through Congress outside of the regular legislative process. Voting Rights. (No bill): Proposals to require states to give every voter the option to vote by mail; and to require prepaid postage for all election materials and state-provided drop boxes for federal elections. Voting Rights. Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) (H.R. 22), (SAVE America Act) (S. 1383, H.R. 7296): Proposals which significantly limits the ability of older Americans to vote in federal elections by severely restricting the types of documents acceptable to prove identity, requiring the presentation of this documentation in person, and needlessly requiring voters to re-prove their identities every time they renew their registrations. Federal District Court Injunctions. No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA) (H.R. 1526): Proposals to limit federal district courts ability to issue nationwide injunctions against unlawful actions, thus destabilizing the checks and balances built into our constitutional system and putting the freedom of every American at risk. Office of Personnel Management: Comments on Proposed Rule, Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service, Docket ID: OPM-2025-0004, RIN: 3206-AO80: Comments on proposed rule that would severely undermine the career civil service that Congress has sought to protect and protect for more than 140 years, largely due to our concerns about the impact on seniors of politicizing the workforce at the Social Security Administration (SSA),the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other federal agencies which serve older Americans. Filing Tax Returns: Direct File Act of 2026 (S. 3948/H.R. 7806). A bill to reverse the Trump Administrations decision to end the Direct File program and codify it into law, thus allowing taxpayers to file their taxes online, for fee, and directly with the IRS, saving families time and money by cutting out the middleman.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":55646,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MARIA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"FREESE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":81,"name":"Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"}]}],"conviction_disclosures":[],"foreign_entities":[],"affiliated_organizations":[]},{"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/filings/517419dd-87ea-4cc6-837b-4111d453bdb0/","filing_uuid":"517419dd-87ea-4cc6-837b-4111d453bdb0","filing_type":"Q3","filing_type_display":"3rd Quarter - Report","filing_year":2026,"filing_period":"third_quarter","filing_period_display":"3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30)","filing_document_url":"https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/517419dd-87ea-4cc6-837b-4111d453bdb0/print/","filing_document_content_type":"text/html","income":null,"expenses":"190000.00","expenses_method":"A","expenses_method_display":"A","posted_by_name":"Max Richtman","dt_posted":"2026-10-19T16:17:38-04:00","termination_date":null,"registrant_country":"United States of America","registrant_ppb_country":null,"registrant_address_1":"777 N Capitol St, NE","registrant_address_2":"Suite 805","registrant_different_address":false,"registrant_city":"WASHINGTON","registrant_state":"DC","registrant_zip":"20002","registrant":{"id":27467,"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/registrants/27467/","house_registrant_id":30367,"name":"NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE","description":null,"address_1":"111 K Street, NE","address_2":"Suite 700","address_3":null,"address_4":null,"city":"WASHINGTON","state":"DC","state_display":"District of Columbia","zip":"20002","country":"US","country_display":"United States of America","ppb_country":"US","ppb_country_display":"United States of America","contact_name":"DAN ADCOCK","contact_telephone":"+1 202-216-0420","dt_updated":"2026-07-29T11:57:27.724812-04:00"},"client":{"id":134297,"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/clients/134297/","client_id":12,"name":"NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE","general_description":null,"client_government_entity":false,"client_self_select":true,"state":"DC","state_display":"District of Columbia","country":"US","country_display":"United States of America","ppb_state":"DC","ppb_state_display":"District of Columbia","ppb_country":"US","ppb_country_display":"United States of America","effective_date":"2008-02-06"},"lobbying_activities":[{"general_issue_code":"BUD","general_issue_code_display":"Budget/Appropriations","description":"Budget: Concurrent Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res. 41): A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034: The Six Penny Plan which would significantly harm the economy and force severe cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other federal programs vital to Americas seniors. Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14): provision in Section 406 including bipartisan reform of Medicare which would likely result in benefit cuts, provisions in Section 409 making employment a requirement for Medicaid eligibility, provisions in Section 414 establishing a fiscal commission intended to cut the earned benefits of American workers and retirees. Graham Substitute amendment to Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14) as considered in both the House and Senate: the use of current policy baseline to hide the cost from the American people of making permanent the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA); the magnitude and distribution of the tax cuts envisioned in the resolution; spending cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, operating costs for the Social Security Administration (SSA), and other programs important to seniors such as homelessness prevention, home-delivered and community meals, transportation access, falls prevention, chronic disease management, resources on Alzheimers disease and related dementia, support to long-term care ombudsman and adult protective services addressing maltreatment, and critical funding in the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); opposing the resulting massive amounts of debt that threaten the future viability of earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare; Senate Amendment 1341 to H. Con. Res. 14 by Senator Mazie Hirono raising a point of order against any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would result in the disruption of Social Security benefits or interrupting services within the Social Security program, including any such disruption or interruption caused by infrastructure upgrades to the information technology infrastructure of SSA. Budget: Budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1): A bill providing for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14: Proposals that will result in massive cuts to programs critical to older Americans and their families as it enacts unprecedented cuts to fundamental programs that provide health care and essential services to lower- and moderate-income Americans, all to partially offset the cost of massive tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations. H.R. 1 will add at least $3.4 trillion to the federal debt in the next decade, which will starve the U.S. of resources with the ultimate effect of providing a justification for later legislation that would cut the earned benefits Americans have paid for throughout their working lives - Social Security and Medicare. Specifically, the bill includes deep cuts to Medicaid, totaling around $1 trillion and representing four times the size of previous Medicaid cuts; around $180 billion in cuts to the SNAP, the largest cut in the programs history, and unless they are blocked by future legislation, will trigger PAYGO requirements in federal law which will result in a 4 percent sequestration of Medicare spending starting in 2026. Balanced Budget: Balanced Budget Amendment (H.J. Res. 139). A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution which would place a limitation on federal spending that would require a two-thirds supermajority to overcome except in the case of a declaration of war. The amendment would require a two-thirds supermajority to raise taxes but only a simple majority to cut taxes. If enacted, it would alter Congressional voting procedures to facilitate cutting taxes above all other priorities except spending on declared wars, thus increasing the likelihood that the fiscal policies adopted in coming decades will favor the well-off at the expense of middle- and low-income Americans. The resolution would also severely limit Social Security and Medicare Part A from drawing down Trust Fund reserves to pay retirement, disability and survivor benefits and hospitalization costs. Republican Study Committee (RSC): A Framework for the Next Reconciliation bill. Proposals to eliminate the enhanced tax credits available to low-income workers through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and redirect the money into so-called Health Freedom Accounts, codify the TrumpRX program, a website which re-directs consumers to existing manufacturers discounts on brand-name prescription drugs; expand and codify Association Health Plans; enact additional cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, housing assistance and other government programs. Republican Study Committee (RSC) FY 2027 Budget: supports additional tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations such as repealing the estate tax; endorses additional cuts to Medicaid and SNAP; expands Health Savings Accounts; reforms Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to lower expenditures; criticizes Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) as providing excessive benefits to seniors struggling to keep up with rising costs of living; endorses the use of the SSA database for purposes other than ensuring Americans receive their correct earned benefits; supports the replacement of the non-political civil service employees with political supporters of the Administration on a broad basis; eliminates funding for the Department of Labors (DOL) Senior Community Service Employment Program; reduces funding for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Community Services Block Grants; and reduces funding for Rental Housing Assistance Programs, among other proposals that serve seniors and the disability community. Appropriations: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY 2026 (S. 2587): Requesting funding for the Social Security Administration of at least 1.2 percent of benefits paid to restore customer service levels Americans have paid-for and earned; and request for adequate funding for Older Americans Act programs and other discretionary programs key to seniors, including programs proposed for massive funding reductions in the Presidents budget request, such as Elder Falls Prevention programs and the Alzheimers Disease Program Initiative, and programs targeted for elimination in the Presidents budget such as the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP), the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and the AmeriCorps Seniors programs (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program, Senior Companions Program and Foster Grandparent Program). Blocking Federal Program Payments. Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act (H.R. 8464): Proposals that uses extremely broad and vague language to allow any administration so stop, delay, or condition payments for programs it opposes, or in states it disfavors, using claims of fraudulent spending as a pretext to take away or hold up funding for critical programs authorized and appropriated by Congress. 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The Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (H.R. 3954/S. 4641): Proposals to count time spent in observation status toward the three-day prior inpatient stay required under Medicare for coverage of a subsequent stay in a skilled nursing facility. Medicare Drug Costs. The Pharmaceutical Research Transparency Act (No bill): Proposal to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Security Exchange Act to require pharmaceutical manufacturers to report their costs related to clinical trials and research and development. Medicare Prescription Drugs. Drug Costs. Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law No: 117-169): Law to allow Medicare to negotiate prices with drug makers, cap prices at inflation in Part B and D, cap beneficiary out-of-pocket costs in Part D, eliminate cost-sharing for vaccines, eliminate cost-sharing in the catastrophic phase of Part D, and to raise the income threshold for the Low-Income Subsidy program offering assistance in paying for drugs. Medicare Prescription Drugs. (No bill): A regulatory proposal encouraging the Secretaries of the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Commerce to exercise march in rights that would aim to better control the pricing of prescription drugs. Medicare Prescription Drugs. (No bill): An HHS regulatory proposal to ensure robust negotiation rules and processes that aim to curtail the cost of certain prescription drugs, as authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law No: 117-169). Medicare and Medicaid Prescription Drugs. (No bill): Joined comments with 19 other organizations urging HHS to use its existing authority to license competition in order to lower consumer and taxpayer costs for semaglutide drugs treating diabetes and weight management (e.g., Ozempic and Wegovy). Medicare Savings Program and Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) Programs. (No bill): Proposals to make enrollment of dually eligible individuals in the Medicare Savings Programs (MSP) and the LIS program easier, so that low-income beneficiaries can more readily access financial assistance for Medicare copayments, premiums and deductibles, and to be able to access needed medications at prices they can afford. Medicare Reform. The Assuring Medicares Promise Act (H.R. 609): Proposals to close the loophole for wealthy individuals who bypass paying net investment income tax (NIIT) and directing the revenue to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A that covers inpatient care in hospitals, and to the Social Security Trust Funds. Medicare Dental, Hearing and Vision Coverage. Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025 (H.R. 2045): Proposal to add dental, vision and hearing benefits to Medicare. Medicare Hearing Coverage: The Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2025 (H.R. 500): Proposals to add hearing benefits to Medicare. Medicare Advantage (MA). (No bill): Proposals to create transparency around Medicare Advantage plans using prior authorization and supplemental benefits that are not offered under traditional Medicare. Medicare Advantage. (No bill): Proposals to apply a higher coding adjustment factor to fully account for intensive upcoding by MA plans and to exclude certain information for MA risk adjustment scores and payments; to use two years of traditional Medicare and MA diagnostic data for calculating MA risk-adjusted payments; and to promulgate more fundamental changes to the Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) risk adjustment model. Medicare Advantage. (H.R. 3467) Proposal to make Medicare Advantage plans the default choice during initial enrollment periods. Medicare Privatization (No bill): Proposals to create policies in traditional Medicare that mimic those used by private health insurance plans. Medicaid. The HCBS Access Act (H.R. 8540/S. 5321): Proposals to expand Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) by elevating them to a mandatory entitlement. H.R. 8540 would reduce waitlists and guarantee seniors and individuals with disabilities a choice between home care and institutional care. Would also establish new grant programs and a technical assistance center to improve the wages, benefits, and training pathways for the direct care workforce. Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers (ABC) Act (H.R. 2491 and S. 1227): Proposals would require HHS and SSA to review application processes, procedures, forms, and communications for Medicare, Medicaid, Childrens Health Insurance Program, and Social Security programs in order to reduce administrative barriers facing family caregivers. The bill requires agencies to identify and report to Congress on actions that can be taken to streamline eligibility and assistance for family caregivers within existing programs. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Protecting Americas Seniors Access to Care Act (H.R. 1303): Proposal to prohibit the HHS Secretary from promulgating national staffing standards in nursing homes. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act (S. 3886): Proposal aims to establish federal minimum staffing standards, specifically requiring 3.48 hours per resident per day (HPRD) of total nursing care and 24/7 on-site Registered Nurse (RN) coverage. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing homes. The Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act (H.R. 8100): Proposals to establish a minimum of 4.1 hours of direct nursing home care per resident per day, and a Registered Nurse on duty on-site 24/7. Adds penalties for facilities failing to meet required minimums. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Building Americas Health Care Workforce Act (No bill): Proposal to allow time spent working in a nursing home (prior to any formal training, and permitted during the COVID-19 pandemic) to count toward a 75-hour minimum federal training standard that is required for certified nursing assistants. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Ensuring Seniors Access to Quality Care Act (H.R. 7096): Proposal to repeal regulations that prohibit certified nursing assistant training and competency evaluation programs in skilled nursing facilities that have a record of health and safety deficiencies and have incurred penalties (e.g., civil monetary penalties for substandard quality of care). Medicare Treatment for Osteoporosis (No bill): Support for making payment revisions to the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule that would accelerate treatment improvements for beneficiaries with osteoporosis and help prevent repeat fractures. Medicare and Medicaid Waste, Fraud and Abuse (No bill): Submitted comments with other organizations to a CMS Request for Information (RFI) Related to Comprehensive Regulations To Uncover Suspicious Healthcare (CRUSH), 91 Fed. Reg. 9803 (February 27, 2026) CMS-6098-NC. Medicaid Work Requirements Affecting Eligibility (No bill): Submitted comments with other organizations to request CMS to clarify in regulations that people with disabilities, older adults, and caregivers are exempt from the Medicaid working requirements in P.L. 119-21. Health Insurance. Health Insurance Premium Fairness Act (H.R. 6455). Proposal to close loophole that penalizes couples with one spouse in Medicare and one receiving health care through Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges, by allowing for subtraction of Medicare premiums from the maximum premium paid for a marketplace plan. Health Insurance. (H.R. 1834). Proposals to extend the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits for ACA marketplace health insurance plans. Health Insurance. The Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act (H.R. 6703) Proposals to weakening consumer protections and destabilizing markets by allowing skimpier, less‑regulated plans that can cherry‑pick healthier groups and leave higher‑cost enrollees in the ACA‑regulated small‑group and individual markets with higher premiums. Medicaid and Health Insurance. Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act (S. 2556, H.R. 4849): Proposals to restore massive funding cuts to Medicaid that were included in the 2025 budget reconciliation law, and to make permanent ACA enhanced premium tax credits. Medicare. The Medicare Cost Cap Act (S. 4886): Proposals to add a $5,000 annual cap on out-of-pocket costs for traditional Medicare (Part A and Part B) beneficiaries. Would require Medicare to pay 100 percent of covered health care costs once the $5,000 cap is reached. Prescription Drugs. The Affordable Pricing for Taxpayer-Funded Prescription Drugs Act (H.R. 10094): Proposals that would lower prices or shorten exclusivity periods when revenues exceed targets, which exceed a standard of cost per health benefit achieved, and constitute significant barriers to access or fiscal burdens on patients.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":130,"name":"Administration on Aging"},{"id":136,"name":"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)"},{"id":24,"name":"Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":135,"name":"Food & Drug Administration (FDA)"},{"id":34,"name":"Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"RET","general_issue_code_display":"Retirement","description":"Older Americans Act Reauthorization. The Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act (S. 2120): Proposals to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965 and to increase the authorization of appropriations for OAA programs, which is the major federal discretionary funding source for home and community-based services for older adults and their caregivers. Programs supported through the OAA include home-delivered and congregate nutrition services, in-home supportive services, transportation, caregiver support, community service employment, health and wellness programs, the long-term care ombudsman program, services to prevent the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older adults, and other supportive services. Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). The Fair COLA for Seniors Act (No bill) and the Social Security Cost of Living Increase Act (No bill): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries; the Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act (S. 3059/H.R. 5841): Proposal to calculate COLAs using the current Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) or the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E), whichever is greater. Social Security Expansion. The Social Security 2100 Act (H.R. 9519/S. 5042): Proposals to improve benefits and to strengthen Social Security's financing by altering the payroll tax cap, among other changes. The Social Security Expansion Act (S. 770 and H.R. 1700): Proposals to enhance Social Security benefits and ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program. The Strengthening Social Security Act (H.R. 9296): Proposals to extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds and improve benefits. The Safeguarding American Families & Expanding Social Security Act (S. 3462 and H.R. 9415): Proposals to update and modernize Social Security benefits and to extend solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds. The Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act (S. 2614 and H.R. 4968): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries and to ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program by altering the payroll tax cap. The Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement Act (No bill): Proposals to improve benefits for widows and widowers in two-income households. The Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act (SWIFT Act) (S. 3255/H.R. 9763): Proposal to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses; Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act (H.R. 3517): Proposal would improve Social Security benefits by increasing the Special Minimum Benefit, boosting benefits for seniors who have on the Social Security rolls for a long period of time, restore student benefits to age 26 and extend the life of the Trust Funds by eliminating the cap on Social Security benefits and phasing-in an increase in the payroll tax rate. The Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act (H.R. 6424/S. 3357): Proposal to increase the lump-sum benefit amount payable upon the death of a beneficiary to take into account inflation. Social Security Funding. The Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act (H.R. 3271/S. 1690): Proposals to close the loophole for wealthy individuals who bypass paying the net investment income tax (NIIT) and directing the revenue to the Social Security Trust Funds and to the Hospital Insurance Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A that covers inpatient care in hospitals. Cutting Social Security by Raising the Retirement Age. Affirming the Presidents Promise Not to Raise the Social Security and Medicare Retirement Age (H. Res. 657): House Resolution opposing raising Social Security or Medicare eligibility age. Caregiver Social Security Credits. The Social Security Caregiver Credits Act (S. 4396/H.R. 8490): Proposal to provide Social Security wage credits for individuals who reduce their participation in the workforce or leave the workforce to provide care to specified family members and relatives. Social Security Notch. (No bill): Proposals to ensure that Social Security benefits for individuals born in 1960 and 1961 are not reduced as a result of the coronavirus-related drop in the average wage index. Protecting Seniors from Garnishment. Stop Social Security Garnishment Act of 2026 (S. 5456/H.R. 3967), Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act (S. 5532/H.R. 10557): Proposals to protect Social Security beneficiaries from having their Social Security benefits garnished to recover unpaid student loans. Social Security Disability Insurance Claim Adjudication. (No bill): Proposal to nullify the rule finalized by the Social Security Administration on November 16, 2020, that outlines when its administrative appeals judges may hold hearings and issue decisions on individual cases. Currently, these judges serve an appellate function where they review, at the request of Social Security claimants, the decisions of the administrative law judges who issue decisions in individual cases. Social Security Overpayments. (H.R. 2999, H.R. 2142 and S. 1023): Proposals to protect retirees, survivors and people with disabilities from being forced to repay extra Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits they received through no fault of their own. Strengthening Beneficiaries Rights. (No bill): Various proposals relating to the protection and rights available to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries. Social Security Benefit Statements. The Know Your Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to implement section 1143 of the Social Security Act by clarifying the Social Security Administration is required to mail annual benefit statements to all workers over age 25. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act (S. 4001/H.R. 7828): Proposals to strengthen and restore the SSI program. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (H.R. 2540/S. 1234): Proposal to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update the resource limit for Supplemental Security Income eligibility. The Fairness in Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude the portion of a lump-sum Social Security benefit payment that relates to periods prior to the taxable year from the determination of household income as it relates to SSI eligibility. Retirement Plan Distribution: IRS Notice relating to Use of an Electronic Medium to Make Participant Elections and Spousal Consents (RIN 1545-Bq50). House Committee on Aging. (H. Res. 1013): A Resolution amending the Rules of the House to reestablish a Permanent Select Committee on Aging. Retirement Plan Fiduciary Rule: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Office of Regulations and Interpretations - RIN 1210-AC02; Application No. D-12057; Application No. D-12060. The Department of Labor proposed regulation to modernize the fiduciary rule to strengthen protections for retirement investors who seek professional investment advice. (No bill): Congressional reversal of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to \"Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary\". Retirement Plan Investment Alternatives: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, RIN 1210-AC38. Submitted comments opposing a proposed regulation defining Fiduciary Duties in Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives in 401(k) and other defined contribution plans. Proposal would create safe harbors for fiduciaries who select the investment options offered in 401(k) plans. If a fiduciary considers six factors when selecting any investment option, including alternative assets such as private equity, private credit, real estate, or cryptocurrency to a plan menu, the proposal would treat the fiduciary as meeting ERISAs prudence standard with respect to those factors, which would entitle the fiduciary to deference from any reviewing court. Pensions: The ERISA Litigation Reform Act (H.R. 6084). A bill that would undermine ERISAs ability to protect retirement plan participants hard-earned retirement income under the erroneous notion that the recent unanimous Supreme Court decision in Cunningham v. Cornell University will lead to a tide of ERISA class action litigation. Social Security Administration. Keep Billionaires Out of Our Social Security Act (S. 2763), Hands Off Our Social Security Act (H.R. 4734), Repairing Social Security after DOGE (H.R. 6237). Proposals to reverse cuts the Trump Administration has made to the Social Security Administration (SSA), prevents Social Security field offices from shutting down, makes it easier for seniors and people with disabilities to apply for the benefits they have earned over the phone, provides the resources the SSA needs to approve earned benefits quickly, protects benefits from unauthorized tampering, delays or changes, blocks privatization of SSA, enforces privacy protections for beneficiary data, and requires annual Government Accountability Office audits on staffing, operations and compliance. Social Security Administration. Letter to Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano opposing enhanced identity verification procedures for beneficiary transactions with SSA that will make it difficult, if not impossible, for many older Americans and members of the disability community to access their earned benefits. Social Security Administration. Resolution of Inquiry by Representative John Larson (H. Res. 195): Requesting information be provided to Congress regarding the Department of Government Efficiencys (DOGE) access to the Social Security Administrations computer data, which compromises beneficiary privacy by allowing access to Americans personal information such as Social Security numbers, banking information, earnings history and medical information. Social Security Administration. Keep Our Field Offices Open Act (H.R. 1876): Proposals to suspend Social Security field office closures until January 21, 2029, after which date the Commissioner of Social Security would be required to submit a detailed report to Congress, laying out and justifying a process for closing, consolidating, or reducing access to field offices; bill also requires the Commissioner to maintain the total number of field offices and hearing offices that were in operation on January 20, 2025, after the moratorium ends and requires that, in considering future office closures, the Commissioner must consider potential transportation and communication barriers for individuals served by the office, provide significant advance notice to the public and members of Congress, and ensure opportunities for public input and appeals. Social Security Administration. Protecting Americans Social Security Data Act (H.R. 1877): Proposals to protect Americans from having their sensitive personal information politicized or bought and sold to the highest bidder by preventing Elon Musk, his associates, and political appointees from accessing sensitive data systems at SSA, codifying SSA data privacy requirements into law and strengthening oversight and civil penalties for any privacy and disclosure violations of Social Security beneficiaries personal information. Social Security Administration. The Improving Social Securitys Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act (S. 1666/H.R. 5345): Proposal to improve Social Security's service to victims of identity theft by requiring the Social Security Administration to provide a single point of contact for any individual whose Social Security account number has been misused. Social Security Administration. Comments on Omitting Food from In-Kind Support and Maintenance Calculations, Docket No. SSA-2021-0014; Comments on Expanding the Rental Subsidy, Docket No. SSA-2023-0010; Comments on Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process Including How We Consider Past Work, Docket No. SSA-2023-0024; Comments on Rulemaking Expanding the Definition of a Public Assistance Household, Docket No. SSA-2023-0015; Comments on strengthening rule regarding the Use of Electronic Payroll Data to Improve Program Administration, Docket No. SSA-2016-0039. Social Security Administration. Comments submitted regarding Social Security Form SSA-827 proposal (Medical Record Collection Process) and the Disability Applicant Evidence Simplification Act (DAESA) draft. Social Security Administration. The creation of an online application for all SSI applicants, streamlining data collection to more effectively obtain treating source evidence, eliminating the reconsideration level of review, updating outdated occupational information, adding a robust online scheduling tool and ensuring comprehensive customer service for all individuals. Social Security Administration. Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (H.R. 8884/S. 4947). Proposals to reauthorize SSA demonstration projects intended to help Americans with disabilities re-enter the workforce, but this legislation does not include guardrails to prevent the Trump Administration from forcing our most vulnerable citizens off the disability roles. In light of this Administrations previous efforts to eviscerate the disability program (SSDI) through the mechanism of demonstration projects, budget proposals and regulatory changes, such guardrails are essential. Womens Retirement Security. The Womens Retirement Protection Act (S. 988/H.R. 2023): Proposal to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans. Food Security for Seniors. Farm bill reauthorization (American Relief Act, P.L. 118-158, Division D) and the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (H.R. 7567): Proposals to cut future Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits or other harmful policies that would worsen the problem of hunger for Americas older adults and other food insecure individuals.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":130,"name":"Administration on Aging"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":37,"name":"Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"},{"id":38,"name":"Labor, Dept of (DOL)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"GOV","general_issue_code_display":"Government Issues","description":"Social Security and Medicare Trust Fund Committees. The Fiscal Commission Act (H.R. 3289/S. 4012), the Fiscal Sustainability Act (No bill), the Sustainable Budget Act of 2025 (H.R. 222), the Bipartisan Social Security Commission Act of 2026 (H.R. 9187), The PROMISE Act of 2026 (S. 4979): Proposals to establish fiscal commissions to make recommendations that would likely include cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits and would be fast-tracked through Congress outside of the regular legislative process. Voting Rights. (No bill): Proposals to require states to give every voter the option to vote by mail; and to require prepaid postage for all election materials and state-provided drop boxes for federal elections. Voting Rights. Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) (H.R. 22), (SAVE America Act) (S. 1383, H.R. 7296): Proposals which significantly limits the ability of older Americans to vote in federal elections by severely restricting the types of documents acceptable to prove identity, requiring the presentation of this documentation in person, and needlessly requiring voters to re-prove their identities every time they renew their registrations. Federal District Court Injunctions. No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA) (H.R. 1526): Proposals to limit federal district courts ability to issue nationwide injunctions against unlawful actions, thus destabilizing the checks and balances built into our constitutional system and putting the freedom of every American at risk. Office of Personnel Management: Comments on Proposed Rule, Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service, Docket ID: OPM-2025-0004, RIN: 3206-AO80: Comments on proposed rule that would severely undermine the career civil service that Congress has sought to protect and protect for more than 140 years, largely due to our concerns about the impact on seniors of politicizing the workforce at the Social Security Administration (SSA),the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other federal agencies which serve older Americans. Filing Tax Returns: Direct File Act of 2026 (S. 3948/H.R. 7806). A bill to reverse the Trump Administrations decision to end the Direct File program and codify it into law, thus allowing taxpayers to file their taxes online, for fee, and directly with the IRS, saving families time and money by cutting out the middleman.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":81,"name":"Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"CIV","general_issue_code_display":"Civil Rights/Civil Liberties","description":"Age Discrimination. The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA) (H.R. 3522/S. 1820): Proposal to restore the standard of proof in age discrimination cases to the pre-2009 level and treat age discrimination as unjust as other forms of employment discrimination; The Protecting Older Job Applicants (POJA) Act (No bill): Proposal to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating or classifying job applicants based on an applicants age; Protecting Older Americans Act of 2025 (H.R. 5115/S. 2703): Proposals to eliminate the current practice of employers utilizing forced arbitration to resolve age discrimination complaints, which would shift some of the leverage employers currently exert in these claims back to the workers themselves. The Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 1115/H.R. 17): Proposal to prevent wage discrimination for occurring and helping women and their families secure the paychecks they have earned. Protecting Seniors from Fraud. (No bill). Urging Congress to examine whether federal law, including Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, appropriately balances protections for online innovation with accountability when platforms knowingly profit from repeated scam activity targeting vulnerable populations, and to initiate a formal investigation exploring the numerous allegations against Meta-owned platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, raised by a recent report labeled SCAMBOOK: How Meta Helps Medicare Scammers Target Seniors, published by the Center for countering Digital Hate (CCDH).","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]}],"conviction_disclosures":[],"foreign_entities":[],"affiliated_organizations":[]}]}