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2023 Social Security COLA Is 8.7%, Highest Since 1981
Investor's Business Daily· 2 years agoSocial Security's COLA for 2023 will be a whopping 8.7%. The cost-of-living adjustment is...
Debt ceiling negotiations leave GOP few options. Where can they cut (and where can't they)?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs the country looks to avert a potentially catastrophic default, Republicans are threatening to not...
Congress Could Help Contain Inflation In The Lame-Duck Session. It Won’t.
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn ad after ad during the fall, congressional candidates decried inflation. Republicans said it was...
The GOP’s Big Idea To Stop Spending Has Been Tried Before, And It Only Sort Of Worked
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThroughout the on-and-off negotiations over whether to raise the debt limit, congressional...
If you want to balance the budget without raising taxes or cutting defense, Social Security, and...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSpeaker of the House Kevin McCarthy.Alex Wong/Getty Images Republicans want to reduce the deficit,...
Social Security on track for huge cost-of-living increase
Yahoo Money· 2 years agoRetirees could see a double-digit percentage increase in their Social Security benefits next year as...
Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act Expected To Do Little To Reduce Inflation
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDemocrats pulled off a fairly brilliant bit of marketing recently, rebranding their big domestic...
Social Security COLA increase may not be as big as expected
Yahoo Money· 2 years agoWhile analysts earlier this summer had forecast a nearly double-digit percentage increase in monthly...
US deficit is projected to roughly double this year: watchdog
The Hill via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe U.S. deficit is projected to roughly double this year, largely due to higher interest rates and...
House and Senate Republicans Clash Over Military Aid
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 7 months agoFrom the Uphill on The Dispatch Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell concludes a news conference on September 27, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc...