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Washington, DC – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after President Biden highlighted the need to protect and strengthen Social Security during tonight’s State of the Union.
Congressional Democrats and other defenders of Social Security and Medicare responded with alarm after U.S. House Budget Committee Republicans on Thursday advanced a sweeping resolution that includes support for a fiscal commission intended to gut the crucial programs.
Last February, thousands of seniors sent letters with the AARP to President Joe Biden ahead of his annual State of the Union address. Their message: “Urge Congress to keep their hands off our Social Security and Medicare.”
Those efforts worked.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after House passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024, which excluded House Republicans’ demand for a commission with the power to fast-track cuts to Medicare and Social Security.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024, bipartisan government funding legislation that includes nearly $14 million in funding for Connecticut’s First District.
March 2 marked the day that millionaire earners were finished paying into Social Security for the rest of the year. Working- and middle-class Americans, however, continue to pay all year long. If you think that’s absurd, it is.
The problem lies in the income cap that shields millionaires and billionaires from having to pay their fair share. Right now the wealthy are only paying their first $168,600 of wage income. They end up being taxed only on a small portion of their earnings while most Americans end up being taxed on 100% of their earnings.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted to extend the government funding deadline to prevent a devastating shutdown that would hurt American families.
WASHINGTON - Today, Social Security Works and Data for Progress released new polling showing that voters overwhelmingly reject Social Security cuts, as well as the idea of a closed-door “fiscal commission” to determine Social Security’s future. Instead, they want Congress to raise taxes on wealthy Americans to protect Social Security.
Most Americans contribute to Social Security year-round, but U.S. millionaires will stop paying into the critical program on March 2—just over two months into 2024.
Rep. Larson and Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, wrote the following op-ed for Data for Progress:
When Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) was elected speaker of the House, he immediately called for a “debt commission” designed to slash Social Security and Medicare behind closed doors.