HR 3517 · in committee · major
Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act of 2025
- economy
What this bill does
- This bill increases Social Security benefits and gradually raises payroll taxes on workers and employers.
- It affects current workers, retirees, disabled workers, and their families who receive Social Security benefits.
- It phases out the earnings cap by 2035 and increases payroll tax rates from 6.2% to 6.5% over six years.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would the gradual payroll tax increase from 6.2% to 6.5% affect your take-home pay, and do you think the benefit increases justify that cost?
- 02
What are the trade-offs between raising taxes on higher earners by phasing out the earnings cap versus increasing taxes on all workers equally?
- 03
How might removing the earnings cap by 2035 change Social Security's long-term solvency compared to other approaches like raising the full retirement age?
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Sponsor · D-WI-4
Gwen Moore
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House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-05-20
Legislative timeline
2025-05-20 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2025-05-20 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-05-20 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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