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Posted on 10/30/2025 11:05:24 AM PDT by algore
To help Social Security and Veterans Affairs beneficiaries cope with higher prices, a group of Democratic senators are proposing to increase benefits by $200 per month for six months.
The bill — called the Social Security Emergency Inflation Relief Act — is backed by Democratic Senators including Mark Kelly of Arizona, Alex Padilla of California, Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, Angela Alsobrooks and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Tina Smith of Minnesota, Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer of New York, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Peter Welch of Vermont.
The leaders plan to introduce the proposal on Thursday morning, according to a Warren spokesperson.
The extra $200-per-month emergency increase would boost benefit payments through July 2026, according to the senators’ proposal.
The benefit boost would apply to individuals receiving benefits from Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, railroad retirement, veteran disability compensation and veteran pensions.
The adjustment for 2026 is “not enough” for seniors who face “skyrocketing” costs when it comes to groceries, health care and utilities, Warren wrote in an Oct. 24 social media post.
In a statement, Warren called the bill to provide an extra $200 per month to beneficiaries an “emergency lifeline for seniors struggling to afford Trump’s tariffs and rising inflation.”
Schumer, in a separate statement, said the Social Security COLA is “simply not reflective of the current reality” for seniors as they see their bank accounts shrinking.
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You go back to starving.
“what happens when the extra $200 payments expire?”
Dems will shut down the government again, demanding they be renewed.
That’s right, a “temporary” increase just like the “temporary” COVID increases that still are locked into the budget. No such thing as temporary spending when it comes to Washington. Let’s see which Republicans are stupid enough to walk into the trap.
I get both VA and SS!...................I’m gonna be rich!...........
The riots begin....again.
I guess Social Security Emergency Vote Buying Act was already taken.
That would help to go towards my river fund run I plan on taking this spring.
A band aid for a sucking chest wound.
RE: what happens when the extra $200 payments expire?
Answer—A huge government shutdown.
Whining about Trump!
“skyrocketing costs” for everything?
What happened to the 3% official inflation rate?
There’s a disconnect here.
Me too
No more F’n relief act funding crap period... Pure BS and I get VA disability and SS.
DemRATs have plumb lost their minds. Where’s this extra cash coming from? Just print more money like they always do? Do they not know what that does to our inflationary spiral?
Woohoo 🎉🎉🎉
Elections. Which is all this is for. It is to generate mid-term sound bites.
just walkin’ ‘round money
Me three
Generally if the Dems are for something, i’m against it
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