Senate Opposes ‘Chained CPI’ Cuts to Social Security, Veterans’ Benefits

[babylonsister]

Senate Opposes ‘Chained CPI’ Cuts to Social Security, Veterans’ Benefits
March 22, 2013


WASHINGTON, March 22 – The Senate tonight voted to block cuts in benefits for Social Security and disabled veterans.

The amendment by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) put the Senate on record against changing how cost-of-living increases are calculated in a way that would result in significant cuts.

“The time has come for the Senate to send a very loud and clear message to the American people: We will not balance the budget on the backs of disabled veterans who have lost their arms, their legs and their eyesight defending our country. We will not balance the budget on the backs of the men and women who have already sacrificed for us in Iraq and Afghanistan, nor on the widows who have lost their husbands in Iraq and Afghanistan defending our country,” Sanders said.

The amendment opposed switching from the current method of measuring inflation to a so-called chained consumer price index. President Barack Obama favors a chained CPI as part of what the White House calls a “grand bargain” that Obama hopes to reach with congressional Republicans.



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http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=41f5d32d-b4bf-4f0e-9ceb-7df622262cac

[Scuba]

1. Happy to rec this. Thank you Bernie and the Democratically-controlled Senate.

[Nite Owl]

2. Thank you so much

For posting this. I feel a weight of worry lifted.

Love you Bernie

[Babel_17]

3. Thank you, Senator Sanders!

He is like a beacon of hope and reason in that dysfunctional body, our congress.

[freshwest]

4. I wish there was a vote count on this amendment. I want to see how the parties voted.

I'm not sure if the amendments get counted like the total bills.

TIA if anyone can find the count on this amendment alone.

[MannyGoldstein]

5. They do it this way so there's no count

Which means it's not super valuable.

[Cha]

6. thanks babylonsistah