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Warren, Merkley Release New Report on Biden-Harris Student Debt Relief: Who Really Benefits from Student Debt Cancellation?

New rule will disproportionately help low- and middle-income borrowers, seniors, women, and Black borrowers. Text of Report (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) released a new 29-page report, Who […]

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Murray Warns House Republican Plan to Leave Social Security Agency With Lowest Staffing in 50 Years Will Hurt Constituents

ICYMI: Social Security Commissioner O’Malley details how House Republican CR would worsen SSA service and wait times Murray: “We have to remember that promises like Social Security aren’t magic words—they don’t keep themselves, they don’t […]

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Wyden Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Short Line and Regional Railroad Tax Credit

After Wyden Led the Successful 2020 Effort to Make Short-Line Railroad Tax Credit Permanent, New Proposal would Modernize and Expand the Credit to Bolster Railroads Nationwide Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., […]

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Wyden Introduces Legislation to Guarantee Full Retirement Benefits for American Hostages 

Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said today he has introduced bipartisan legislation that would protect the Social Security benefits of Americans who have been held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad.  On August 1, […]