Social Security

As it often does in December, CBO has released its detailed long-term projections for Social Security that build off the ones released with their long...

The budget compromise forged by Congress and the Obama administration at the end of last month makes two fundamental changes in Social Security.

During last week's debate on the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) offered up an amendment making many further changes to the...

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The recently-introduced Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 tackles a laundry list of items that lawmakers needed to address over this Congress, including...

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In an op-ed for the Washington Post, Robert Samuelson called attention to a new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and...

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Last week, the Technical Panel to the Social Security Advisory Board issued a report on the assumptions and methods used by the Social Security...

The Urban Institute published a new report showing that younger generations will receive much more in lifetime Social Security and Medicare benefits...

Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) wrote an op-ed that appeared on Fox News Tuesday advocating for measures to help those who do or...

This blog is part of the “ Fiscal FactCheck ” series designed to examine the accuracy of budget-related statements made during the 2016 presidential...