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Rep. Van Hollen Makes Clear That He Backs Social Security Expansion
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), who has been accused by progressive groups of being in favor of cuts to Social Security, announced his backing Wednesday for a bill that would expand the program. Van Hollen, who is running to replace retiring Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, supported past budget negotiations based on the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles plan, which would have offered stingier Social Security cost-of-living-adjustments and raised the retirement age. But during those talks, Van Hollen, the ranking Democrat of the House Budget Committee, opposed cutting Social Security as a way of cutting the deficit. Along with most of the House, he voted against Simpson-Bowles on the House floor. Read More…
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