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HR 1700 · in committee · major

Social Security Expansion Act

What this bill does

  • This bill increases Social Security benefits and expands the payroll tax to higher earners.
  • It affects current and future Social Security recipients, workers earning over $250,000, and students receiving child benefits.
  • The bill extends payroll taxes to earnings above $250,000 and adjusts benefit formulas for those becoming eligible after 2025.

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  1. 01

    How would extending the payroll tax to earnings above $250,000 affect high-income workers compared to the current system's wage cap?

  2. 02

    Which groups of Social Security recipients would see the largest benefit increases under the new benefit formulas after 2025?

  3. 03

    What trade-offs exist between expanding benefits now and the long-term solvency of the Social Security trust fund?

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Val T. Hoyle

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Introduced 2025-02-27

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-27 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

  2. 2025-02-27 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  3. 2025-02-27 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  4. 2025-02-27 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  5. 2025-02-27 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  6. 2025-02-27 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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