Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 27, 2021 at 5:38 PM

Joe Manchin represents a state where 1 in 4 seniors have lost ALL of their teeth.

This isn’t over. Keep the pressure on corporate Democrats to put their constituents’ needs first . John, Senator Joe Manchin represents West Virginia, and a lot of people explain away his opposition to aspects of President Biden’s Build Back Better Agenda by citi…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 26, 2021 at 5:11 PM

We have more work to do.

This bill expands benefits to bring the program into the 21st Century, meets several of President Biden’s campaign promises, and is already co-sponsored by more than 90% of Democrats in the House. Sign Now: Become a grassroots co-sponsor of the Social Secu…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 20, 2021 at 11:53 PM

Re: Bernie, AOC, and me

John, In a few minutes, Social Security Works's Executive Director (and my boss) Alex Lawson is going to join a livestream with Senator Bernie Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and three other progressive luminaries. He told you about it this morning, but I…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 20, 2021 at 4:10 PM

How did I get invited to this?

John, As Democrats in the Senate and the House come closer to making a deal on the Build Back Better package (which the media is calling “the reconciliation bill”) reporters have focused on the topline amounts and the negotiations in Congress without ever answeri…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 19, 2021 at 7:23 PM

Kyrsten Sinema and Bob Menendez

Big Pharma lobbyists have been swarming Congress for months, calling in favors from the folks their corporate PACs have supported over the years Sign and send a message to your Senators and U.S. Representative: JUST SAY NO to Big Pharma. Medicare must be ab…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 16, 2021 at 3:41 PM

Re: re: Means testing

In 1935, when President Roosevelt proposed the creation of Social Security, opponents made similar arguments. John, I wanted to make sure you didn’t miss Nancy’s email about means-testing, which Joe Manchin is talking about applying to the Build Back Better Act.…

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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 15, 2021 at 5:08 PM

Manchin’s Means-Testing and Work Requirements are a Recipe for Building Back Worse

In 1935, when President Roosevelt proposed the creation of Social Security, opponents made similar arguments. John, President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan would bring the United States into the 21st century, finally giving Americans access to programs that…

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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 13, 2021 at 2:42 PM

An Adequate Social Security COLA Once Every Four Decades is Not Enough

This is a BIG DEAL! After four decades of inadequate Social Security COLAs, beneficiaries are finally expected to receive one that more closely matches their rising costs. John, The Social Security Administration just announced that next year, Social Security ben…

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  Team Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 12, 2021 at 5:27 PM

TONIGHT: #TimeToDeliver

Trust us -- you’re not going to want to miss it. John, We hope you’ll join us for a #TimeToDeliver livestream with Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Indivisible's Leah Greenberg, United We Dream’s Greisa Martínez Rosas, Working Families Party’s Mauric…

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  Rep. Rashida Tlaib via Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 10, 2021 at 2:35 PM

Sign now to stop utility shutoffs!

People deserve water, power, and internet access to live and thrive. Millions of people are falling behind on paying their bills. Mounting debt can lead to evictions or shutoffs of vital services like clean water, gas and electricity, and broadband internet. …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 9, 2021 at 2:57 PM

Our democracy is on the line.

Wall Street has been waging a campaign to destroy Social Security since it was first enacted, but our democratic system of governance has always protected it. Tell General Motors, UPS, American Airlines & more: Major companies like General Motors, UPS,…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 8, 2021 at 4:33 PM

Re: What does Kyrsten Sinema want?

Big Pharma’s business model depends on forcing the American people to pay the highest prices in the world for drugs that were developed with our taxpayer dollars. No wonder they’re spending big to defeat it! Health care industry lobbyists are mobbing Sena John, I…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 7, 2021 at 6:10 PM

Big Pharma lobbyists are swarming Kyrsten Sinema

Big Pharma’s business model depends on forcing the American people to pay the highest prices in the world for drugs that were developed with our taxpayer dollars. No wonder they’re spending big to defeat it! Health care industry lobbyists are mobbing Sena John, T…

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  Rep. Andy Kim via Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]

October 6, 2021 at 8:50 PM

I won a Trump district. We need to Build Back Better.

Former President Trump and I have something in common, we’ve both won New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District twice. For the last two weeks a dark money group has been targeting me and other Democrats in swing districts because we want to lower the cost of presc…

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  Team Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 5, 2021 at 12:07 AM

New book: Make HerStory

This message is from our friends at Strong Arm Press, announcing the release of their latest book. Read below and then pre-order today! A message from author Rebecca Sive: My pandemic project was writing Make Herstory Your Story, a journal and workbook for act…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 3, 2021 at 1:42 PM

Cori Bush is still fighting to stop evictions

The stolen Supreme Court struck down President Biden’s public health eviction moratorium last month, but the crisis hasn’t gone away. So we need Congress to act. John, More than 13,000 people died from COVID this week. But protections expired for renters, for un…

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  Team Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 30, 2021 at 5:32 PM

Re: Fixed bridges and broken promises

If the infrastructure bill passes without the Build Back Better Act, corporate lobbyists can block the rest of President Biden’s agenda. Today is the day, John. Corporate lobbyists are exerting massive pressure on Democrats to walk away from President Biden’s ful…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 29, 2021 at 6:53 PM

Fixed bridges and broken promises

If the infrastructure bill passes without the Build Back Better Act, corporate lobbyists can block the rest of President Biden’s agenda. John, President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda hangs in the balance right now. If Democrats stand together, we can fulfill l…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 28, 2021 at 7:54 PM

Two Bills Together

We need to be absolutely clear: If the BIF passes without the Build Back Better Act, Build Back Better will not pass. John, Since Democrats passed the American Rescue Plan, the next steps have been clear: Congress would work on two bills which, together, would re…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 23, 2021 at 5:04 PM

High drug prices = Social Security cuts.

Whether it’s in their districts or in DC, the pressure is on corporate Democrats who are standing in the way of President Biden’s promise to lower prescription drug prices! John, One-third of the average Social Security check is eaten up by health care costs―esp…

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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 22, 2021 at 6:36 PM

Big Pharma, Big Oil & Wall Street vs. us.

FDR: "They are unanimous in their hate for me—and I welcome their hatred." John, President Joe Biden and his agenda are appropriately inspiring comparisons to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal. Biden himself has welcomed the comparisons, even trave…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 21, 2021 at 3:40 PM

Re: BILLBOARD TRUCK: Kyrsten Sinema

In a Senate where every Democrat needs to stand together, she’s threatened to take down the entire Build Back Better plan to give a handout to Big Pharma: John, A tiny group of corporate Democrats are threatening to thwart President Biden’s agenda―standing in the…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 20, 2021 at 8:20 PM

Calling out big pharma’s favorite Senator

In a Senate where every Democrat needs to stand together, she’s threatened to take down the entire Build Back Better plan to give a handout to Big Pharma: John, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is threatening to bring down Joe Biden’s entire Presidency―and her constituents ne…

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  Alex Lawson & Alexandra Rojas via Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 19, 2021 at 1:53 PM

Pharma shills simply aren’t fit to represent the people of their districts.

Pharma is so scared that they’ve launched a massive campaign against giving Medicare negotiating power Below is a joint op-ed by Social Security Works Executive Director Alex Lawson and Justice Democrats Executive Director Alexandra Rojas. Donate today to keep the…

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  Ady Barkan via Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 18, 2021 at 3:16 PM

I’ve been waiting to share this film with you for a long time

Be one of the first people to see Not Going Quietly, the film about our fight for health care justice. Comrades, it’s Ady Barkan!   I have been waiting for this moment for a long time: After three years of collaborating with some incredible filmmakers, the documen…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 17, 2021 at 3:47 PM

Re: Rep. Kathleen Rice blocked President Biden’s campaign promise to lower drug prices. We're running a billboard truck in her district.

We need to keep up the pressure and make sure that they fight for their constituents, not their corporate donors! John, When Democrats betray their voters to cozy up to Big Pharma, those voters deserve to know. So when Rep. Kathleen Rice teamed up with Republican…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 16, 2021 at 6:36 PM

When 90% of a district supports something, voters need to know when they vote to block it.

We need to keep up the pressure and make sure that they fight for their constituents, not their corporate donors! John, Voters delivered Democrats control of the House, Senate, and White House, and Democrats ran on a promise to lower prescription drug prices. Bu…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 14, 2021 at 7:34 PM

Call Now: This Democrat is siding with Big Pharma against her constituents

RIGHT NOW, the House Energy & Commerce Committee is meeting to review the Build Back Better Act, which fulfills many of President Biden's campaign promises. But three Democratic members of the Committee have announced that they want to side with Republicans to…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 13, 2021 at 8:23 PM

Tell Congress: Expand Medicare!

The closer we get to expanding Medicare, the more lobbyists health care and Pharma corporations send to Congress. Sign your name to demand that Congress expand Medicare by: Adding dental, hearing, and vision care Creating an out-of-pocket cap on expenses …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 12, 2021 at 1:43 PM

Our student loan system is a trap

The Department of Education should look to our Social Security system and its simple, universal benefits without all of the red tape that creates uncertainty. Tell the Department of Education: The student debt crisis is out of control. As you consider refo…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 10, 2021 at 4:08 PM

Reminder: This is the richest country in the history of the world.

Call your representative TODAY at (202) 559-1155 to demand Congress pass the full Build Back Better Act! John, Since Democrats passed the budget resolution setting up the Build Back Better Act, corporate lobbyists have been swarming Capitol Hill, trying to drasti…

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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 8, 2021 at 7:10 PM

Paid leave is vital for older Americans

This is an intergenerational issue, essential for workers of all ages. John, When people think of paid family and medical leave, they often think of parents taking time off to bond with their newborns. As important as that is, an often-overlooked group that also …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

September 7, 2021 at 8:28 PM

Ads ads ads!

Turning America’s most populous state into another Covid hot zone will only help the virus John, In one week, the California recall election will end. When the results are tallied, we’ll find out whether Californians chose to protect seniors from the pandemic, …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 31, 2021 at 8:30 PM

Breaking: Social Security (still) works

Today, Social Security’s Board of Trustees released their annual report on the state of the trust fund. John, Today, Social Security’s Board of Trustees released their annual report on the state of the trust fund. Guess what the report says? Social Security works…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 29, 2021 at 1:50 PM

What could stop Louis DeJoy’s mail slowdown plan

John, The war on the Post Office is a war on seniors. Older Americans depend on the mail to receive their medication and retirement checks. Yet Louis DeJoy, the Republican mega-donor and private shipping investor who Donald Trump appointed as Postmaster General, …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 28, 2021 at 3:18 PM

Re: Bowzer has something to say.

Turning America’s most populous state into another hot zone will only help the virus mutate again, which could be deadly for seniors around the country. That’s what this election is about. More than 3 million Californians have already voted in the gubernatorial re…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 27, 2021 at 7:17 PM

Bowzer has something to say.

Turning America’s most populous state into another hot zone will only help the virus mutate again, which could be deadly for seniors around the country. That’s what this election is about. John, Californians are voting right now on whether to recall their Governo…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 25, 2021 at 7:10 PM

House leadership needs to hear from you

John, Congress has one month to lock in Medicare Expansion before they pass the $3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act through budget reconciliation. Right now, health care industry lobbyists who rake in billions from the status quo are flooding the halls of Congre…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 23, 2021 at 9:44 PM

[take action] Help keep seniors and people with disabilities in their homes and active in their communities!

The Better Care Better Jobs Act would strengthen and expand access to Medicaid home- and community-based care, and provide better pay for the direct care workforce. Tell Congress: "The care economy is the foundation of our economy, supporting millions of se…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 21, 2021 at 1:20 PM

Will California’s next governor try to privatize Social Security?

California’s absurd recall election next month could put a fan of Social Security privatization into the Governor’s mansion. John, California’s absurd recall election next month could put a fan of Social Security privatization into the Governor’s mansion. Senior…

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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 20, 2021 at 6:21 PM

SIGN NOW: Strengthen Supplemental Security income and Make History!

The maximum federal SSI benefit is less than three-quarters of the federal poverty line. Tell Congress: "Include in upcoming recovery legislation the long-overdue improvements for Americans depending on SSI that President Biden campaigned on!" ADD Y…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 18, 2021 at 5:35 PM

Re: Wake up, California

A pro-COVID governor in America’s most populous state is a danger to all of us. John, The Republicans held a debate ahead of the recall election last night―and one of their candidates literally was served with a subpoena on stage.1 But if the recall succeeds, a…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 17, 2021 at 4:02 PM

What’s happening in California affects all of us

A pro-COVID governor in America’s most populous state is a danger to all of us. John, In California, Republicans are close to throwing out a Democratic governor who was elected with 60% of the vote and installing an anti-vax, anti-mask right-winger in his place.…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 15, 2021 at 4:13 PM

Re: Happy 86th Birthday, Social Security! It’s Time to Expand Benefits.

Today is Social Security's 86th birthday. It's a perfect time to expand it. John, I wanted to make sure you saw Nancy’s message yesterday about Social Security’s 86th Birthday. It’s clear that FDR, Frances Perkins, and the architects of our Social Security syste…

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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 14, 2021 at 3:19 PM

Today is the big day

Today is Social Security's 86th birthday. It's a perfect time to expand it. This year, Social Security’s birthday, August 14, comes at an exciting time. Congress is on the verge of greatly expanding our economic security through its upcoming reconciliation bill. …

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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 14, 2021 at 1:20 PM

86

Today is Social Security's 86th birthday. It's a perfect time to expand it. This year, Social Security’s birthday, August 14, comes at an exciting time. Congress is on the verge of greatly expanding our economic security through its upcoming reconciliation bill. …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 13, 2021 at 4:03 PM

How can we expand Social Security? Let me count the ways...

On August 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Social Security into law. And, for 86 years, Social Security has delivered each monthly payment in full and on time. Tell Congress: For 86 years, Social Security has delivered each monthly payment …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 11, 2021 at 3:19 PM

The first step towards Medicare expansion!

Thanks to your pressure, we’re going to expand Medicare this year. John, Here’s an update: After an all-night voting session, Democrats adopted the $3.5 trillion budget resolution that is the first step towards Medicare expansion! We were on guard and in touch w…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 10, 2021 at 7:57 PM

The Senate takes action! (I’m as shocked as you are)

Thanks to your pressure, we’re going to expand Medicare this year. John, The Senate passed a historic budget resolution today that would, among other things, allocate funds to expand Medicare’s coverage to include dental, hearing and vision. The budget resolution…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

August 9, 2021 at 9:09 PM

Will the Senate vote on the TRUST Act this week?

If we succeed, this will be one of the most ambitious pieces of legislation since the New Deal. John, If all goes according to plan, the Senate will vote tomorrow on the budget resolution that will kick off the budget reconciliation process. Democrats are plannin…

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