Tag: Social Security

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, called the Democrats' efforts "100 percent political, designed to serve as a proxy for what political operatives hope will be an epic campaign battle over Social Security." (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Fight over Social Security nomination escalates day before report is due

Joseph Lawler · June 21, 2016 8:48 pm

Donald Trump’s Briefing Book: The debt

Joseph Lawler · June 18, 2016 4:01 am

The Senate Finance Committee approved the re-nomination of Charles Blahous to be a public trustee for Social Security and Medicare by a vote of 14 to 12. (Bloomberg File)

Senate advances nominee portrayed as Koch stooge by Democrats

Joseph Lawler · June 8, 2016 3:25 pm

President Obama suggested using higher taxes for the "wealthiest Americans" to pay for the expansion. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Obama calls for expanding Social Security benefits

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2016 9:41 pm

Old issues have been replaced by a different kind of barking or braying: angry rhetoric, nostalgia for imagined pasts and litanies of laughably unrealistic policies. (AP Photo)

The dogs that didn’t bark in 2016

Michael Barone · June 1, 2016 9:24 pm

In Trump vs. Clinton race, young Americans are guaranteed to lose

In Trump vs. Clinton race, young Americans are guaranteed to lose

Philip Klein · May 20, 2016 12:20 am

Charles Blahaus was part of the Bush commission that recommended partially privatizing Social Security. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Brown, Warren object to GOP Social Security trustee

Joseph Lawler · May 11, 2016 11:29 pm

The life expectancy gap between high- and low-income retirees is growing. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower, File)

Beltway Confidential

How Social Security helps the wealthy most

Jason Russell · April 27, 2016 5:32 pm

Report: Children of refugees get more federal benefits than poor U.S. kids

Report: Children of refugees get more federal benefits than poor U.S. kids

Paul Bedard · April 24, 2016 6:37 pm

In the real federal government case, the cluelessness threatens millions of people's personal data security. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

IRS looks the other way at illegal immigrants’ Social Security fraud

Washington Examiner · April 14, 2016 4:01 am

Koskinen held firm, saying his agency's main goal is to maximize revenue, not to enforce the law. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Lawmakers call for IRS chief’s head after stolen SSN admission

Rudy Takala · April 13, 2016 10:32 pm

Audit: $1.3 billion in disability payments made to people on unemployment

Audit: $1.3 billion in disability payments made to people on unemployment

Joel Gehrke · April 13, 2016 3:43 pm