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S 770 · in committee · major

Social Security Expansion Act

What this bill does

  • This bill increases Social Security benefits and expands the payroll taxes that fund the program.
  • It affects current and future Social Security recipients, high-income earners, and self-employed workers.
  • Higher earners pay more in payroll taxes starting immediately; benefit increases phase in for future retirees.

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  1. 01

    How would increasing the payroll tax cap on high-income earners affect their retirement savings strategies compared to current law?

  2. 02

    Which groups of future retirees would benefit most from the phased-in benefit increases, and how would their retirement security change?

  3. 03

    What evidence exists that expanding payroll taxes now would solve Social Security's long-term funding challenges without additional future changes?

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Bernard Sanders

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Introduced 2025-02-27

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-27 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

  2. 2025-02-27 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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