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Dick Durbin: Just six years from now, Social Security will only be able to pay 78 percent of current benefits.

On the recordJune 12, 2026
Just six years from now, Social Security will only be able to pay 78 percent of current benefits.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Highlighting the impending cuts to Social Security benefits.

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