The Social Security Expansion Act will protect the national treasure that is Social Security by extending the trust fund's solvency for 75 years.
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We must expand Social Security benefits, not cut them, and I have a bill to do just that.
That is stealing. Americans pay into the program with each paycheck.
Trump and his unelected billionaire sidekick Elon Musk think they alone can decide if you get your Social Security check.
I want you to imagine that a friend came over to you and said: Donald Trump taught me how to save 50 percent on my shoe purchases. All you have to do is cut off one leg. It is just math, as the gentleman from Arizona says. So let's get out…
This wasn't just a murder—it was a hate crime. And every single Illinoisan—including our Muslim, Jewish, and Palestinian neighbors—deserves to live free from the threat of such evil.
I certainly think that it needs to be stopped.
This bill would help curb the efficacy of these scams.
Nefarious actors are now using intimidation and manipulation to scare Americans, particularly seniors, into dumping their life savings into cryptocurrency ATMs.
As our technology has evolved and become more sophisticated, so have scammers.
These are the kinds of kitchen table issues that should be the main focus of any Democratic campaign.
If you walk down the street and stop people and ask what’s really bothering them and what they’d like to see the government address, it’s affordability.
On the federal level, the minimum wage is only $7.25. That amounts to just $15,000 annually. You can’t live on that.
As governor, I signed a bill to eliminate the state grocery tax.
If Democrats want to reach these voters, they need to address these issues, home in on these concerns and provide solutions.
The Democrats’ platform calls for raising the federal minimum wage to $15.
In Illinois, we raised the minimum wage to $15, but across the country, many are still struggling to get by.