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Did These GOP Politicians Propose or Endorse 'Sunsetting' Social Security and Medicare?
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Feb. 9, 2023
Rick Scott, Mike Lee, Ron Johnson, Lindsay Graham, and Joni Ernst have each been the subject of ...
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Did 'Biden's Leadership' Play Role in Social Security Increase for 2023?
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Nov. 2, 2022
A significant increase in Social Security benefits was announced for 2023. Did Biden play any ro ...
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Congressional Pensions
Written by:
David Mikkelson
July 29, 2001
Are Congressmen exempt from paying into Social Security?
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Did All Democrats Vote Against a 2.8 Percent Social Security COLA Increase?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Oct. 18, 2018
Social Security cost of living allowances are established by formula and don't require Congressi ...
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Did 233 Representatives Vote to 'Steal' Social Security's $2.9 Trillion Surplus?
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
June 25, 2018
Claims that lawmakers voted to spend a Social Security surplus to pay off government debt stem f ...
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Did Senator Tom Cotton Call for Drug Testing for Social Security Recipients?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jan. 24, 2018
The Arkansas Republican has supported drug screening for welfare programs, but never for Social ...
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Social Security 'Fun Facts'
Written by:
David Emery
July 6, 2017
In which we check into some "fun facts" about Social Security from a Facebook meme saying the go ...
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Did Ayn Rand Receive Social Security Benefits?
Written by:
David Emery
June 23, 2017
The "Atlas Shrugged" author called government handouts "immoral," but there is evidence that she ...
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Did Donald Trump Say He Will Cut Social Security?
Written by:
David Emery
Dec. 10, 2016
The unveiling of a Republican plan to "permanently save Social Security" by cutting some benefit ...
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Social Security Recipients Barred from Owning Guns?
Written by:
Snopes Staff
Nov. 29, 2016
A 2016 Social Security Administration rule would extend gun background check reporting to some S ...
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Michelle Fields on Social Security
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
June 1, 2016
In a discussion of Social Security, Fox News contributor Michelle Fields opined that "we shouldn ...
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No Guns for Pensioners?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
July 20, 2015
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Did Eisenhower Warn About Political Parties Who Wanted to 'Abolish Social Security?'
Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 14, 2014
President Eisenhower's warning about "a few Texas oil millionaires" became a popular retort duri ...
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Social Security as 'Federal Benefit Payments'
Written by:
David Mikkelson
July 22, 2012
An item criticizing multiple aspects of the Social Security system gets nearly everything wrong.
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Elaborate Welfare Housing Project
Written by:
David Mikkelson
July 28, 2011
Video clip shows Tacoma housing development 'built for illegal immigrants' who are receiving 're ...
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Is Congress Voting Against Social Security COLA Increases?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Sept. 23, 2009
Any lack of COLA increases in Social Security isn't due a stubborn Congress or the cost of Obama ...
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No Social Security for Illegal Aliens Petition
Written by:
David Mikkelson
June 5, 2006
Petition seeks to overturn vote granting Social Security benefits to illegal aliens.
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Did U.S. Senators Vote to "Give 'Illegal Aliens' Social Security Benefits"?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
June 4, 2006
In 2006, a roll call vote was paired with a mischaracterization of the amendment in question.
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Is This List of Changes to Social Security Over the Years Real?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct. 29, 2005
The Social Security system has been subject to debate for many decades.
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