John,

Michael emailed yesterday, but I wanted to make sure you saw: Our pressure on the Senate to block Mitch McConnell’s anti-Social Security nominee Andrew Biggs is working.

Senator Elizabeth Warren made it extremely clear at Biggs’ confirmation hearing, after he’d suggested cutting middle class Social Security benefits:

Look, the point of this Social Security Advisory Board is to provide recommendations on strengthening Social Security for America's workers. I just don't understand why we are being asked to confirm someone whose plan for strengthening Social Security is to gut its protection.

Tens of thousands have already signed our petition calling on the Senate to keep an enemy of Social Security off of the Social Security Advisory Board. Can you add your name today?

Thank you,

Alex Lawson
Social Security Works

--MICHAEL'S EMAIL--

John,

Mitch McConnell put Andrew Biggs’ name forward to serve as McConnell’s henchman on the Social Security Advisory Board.

Social Security Works immediately highlighted Biggs’ track record as an opponent of Social Security.

After all, Andrew Biggs:

• Was instrumental in the Bush admin’s 2005 attempt to privatize Social Security

• Advocated for raising the retirement age

• Supports means-testing Social Security

• Has dismissed the looming retirement income crisis as a “non issue”

• And supported Donald Trump’s move to unilaterally defund Social Security

We’ve been putting pressure on Senators in the Finance Committee to block Biggs’ confirmation―and the pressure is working! Chairman Ron Wyden said:

Ohio’s Sherrod Brown doesn’t mince words:

Nearly 25,000 people have signed our petition calling on the Senate to reject Andrew Biggs’ nomination to the Social Security Advisory Board. Can you help us get to 50,000?

Social Security Works is running an aggressive lobbying strategy inside Washington―but it helps every time we can show that working people are watching this vote too.

Thank you for fighting with us,

Michael Phelan
Social Security Works