S 770 · in committee · major
Social Security Expansion Act
- economy
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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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would increasing the payroll tax cap on high-income earners affect their retirement savings strategies compared to current law?
- 02
Which groups of future retirees would benefit most from the phased-in benefit increases, and how would their retirement security change?
- 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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Sponsor · I-VT
Bernard Sanders
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
10/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-02-27
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Legislative timeline
2025-02-27 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2025-02-27 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate

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