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Conservatives Echo Obama’s State of the Union Spoilers With Ideas of Their Own
One week before President Obama is set to deliver his State of the Union address, lawmakers gathered at The Heritage Foundation for the Conservative Policy Summit to outline their policy roadmap for the 114th Congress. Hosted by Heritage Action for America,…
Social Security Won’t Seize Tax Refunds for Debts
People who owe old debts to the Social Security Administration are getting a reprieve this tax season: The federal government won’t be seizing their tax refunds. Social Security Commissioner Carolyn Colvin suspended a debt collection program last spring in which thousands…
Six Reasons Why Obama’s Free Community College is a Poor Investment
Let’s get this straight. First, we are a nation with an $18 trillion debt that, five years into a business cycle upturn, that still cannot come close to balancing the federal budget despite Obama-induced tax increases. Second, we have a…
The Typical American Has This Much in Retirement Savings. How Do You Compare?
Americans’ balance sheets are improving as the Great Recession slips further into the past, but most Americans are still coming up short in terms of retirement savings. Millions of Americans haven’t saved any money for their golden years, and millions…
Inside Obama’s Proposal to Make Community College Free and Universal
President Obama on Friday called for making at least two years of college education free and universal, a bold idea that reflects his desire to offer far-reaching proposals in his last two years in office, even if Congress is unlikely…
For Students With Disabilities, A Pathway to Employment
With the sun pouring in from a large window behind him, 18-year-old Joshua Cassin, a senior at St. Clair High School, wears a big smile as he wipes down and sanitizes a bed at Mercy Hospital Washington. It’s 2 p.m.…
The Coming Congressional War Over Social Security Disability
A technical rule change engineered by House Republicans on the first day of the new Congress may signal the beginning of a major battle over the future of the Social Security Disability program—and, more broadly, other federal programs for people with…
Will there be a 2016 Lame-Duck Disability Bailout?
If you thought the lame-duck Congress that met in December — in which House Speaker John Boehner cut a deal with President Obama to fund almost all of Obama’s programs through the rest of the current fiscal year — was…
AMAC Applauds House for Social Security Measure
“On the first day of the 114th Congress, the House passed an important measure to safeguard Social Security as part of its rules package (H. Res. 5) for the next two years. The rule, offered by the Chairman of the…
House Passes Johnson Measure to Protect Social Security
In the first day of the new 114th Congress, the House passed U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson’s (TX-03) measure to protect Social Security as part of its rules package for the 114th Congress (H. Res. 5). “As Chairman of the Ways…