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13-HCR34 on Apr 18, 2013

• WHEREAS the Social Security program continues to provide modest benefits--averaging approximately $14,000 per year--to more than 53,000,000 individuals
• WHEREAS the Trust Fund can pay full benefits through 2032;
• WHEREAS the Social Security program is designed to ensure that benefits keep pace with inflation through cost-of-living adjustments based on the CPI which measures prices of goods and services;
• WHEREAS the Chained CPI adjusts for projected changes in consumer behavior resulting from price fluctuations known as the 'substitution effect', which occurs when consumers buy alternative goods and services whose prices are rising more slowly than average;
• Now, therefore, be it RESOLVED that the Chained CPI should not be used to calculate cost of living adjustments for Social Security benefits.

  Opponent's argument against bill:(Congressional Testimony by Jeffrey Kling, Congressional Budget Office Associate Director for Economic Analysis, April 18, 2013):

  The chained CPI grows more slowly than the trad

  Also see the related Senate bill S.C.R.15

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  Participating counts on VoteMatch question 6. Question 6: Privatize Social Security Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
  • Topic: Social Security
  • Headline: Sponsored keeping CPI for benefits instead of lower "Chained CPI" (Score: -2)
  • Headline 2: Keep CPI for benefits instead of lower "Chained CPI" (Score: -2)
    
    
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  Democrats participating in 13-HCR34
  Ron Barber	s1o	Arizona Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Karen Bass	s1o	California Democrat	May 15, 2013
  Joyce Beatty	s1o	Ohio Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Suzanne Bonamici	s1o	Oregon Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Robert Brady	s1o	Pennsylvania Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Bruce Braley	s1o	IA Democratic Challenger	Apr 18, 2013
  Corrine Brown	s1o	Florida Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Cheri Bustos	s1o	Illinois Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Tony Cardenas	s1o	California Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Matt Cartwright	s1o	Pennsylvania Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Judy Chu	s1o	California Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  David Cicilline	s2p	Rhode Island Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Yvette Clarke	s1o	New York Democrat	May 17, 2013
  William Lacy Clay	s1o	Missouri Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  John Conyers	s1o	Michigan Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Joe Courtney	s1o	Connecticut Democrat	May 6, 2013
  Elijah Cummings	s1o	Maryland Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Danny Davis	s1o	Illinois Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Peter Defazio	s1o	Oregon Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Rosa DeLauro	s1o	Connecticut Democrat	Apr 24, 2013
  Ted Deutch	s1o	Florida Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Mike Doyle	s1o	Pennsylvania Democrat	May 6, 2013
  Donna Edwards	s1o	Maryland Democrat (retiring 2016)	Apr 18, 2013
  Keith Ellison	s1o	Minnesota Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Bill Enyart	s1o	Illinois Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Anna Eshoo	s1o	California Democrat	May 22, 2013
  Lois Frankel	s1o	Florida Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Marcia Fudge	s1o	Ohio Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  John Garamendi	s1o	California Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Alan Grayson	s1o	FL Democratic Senate candidate	Apr 18, 2013
  Gene Green	s1o	Texas Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Raul Grijalva	s1o	Arizona Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Luis Gutierrez	s1o	Illinois Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Janice Hahn	s1o	California Democrat (retiring 2016)	Apr 18, 2013
  Colleen Hanabusa	s1o	Hawaii Democrat (Senate run 2014)	Apr 18, 2013
  Alcee Hastings	s1o	Florida Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Brian Higgins	s1o	New York Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Rush Holt	s1o	New Jersey Democrat (retiring 2014)	Apr 18, 2013
  Mike Honda	s1o	California Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Jared Huffman	s1o	California Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Sheila Jackson Lee	s1o	Texas Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Eddie Bernice Johnson	s1o	Texas Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Hank Johnson	s1o	Georgia Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Marcy Kaptur	s1o	Ohio Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Bill Keating	s1o	Massachusetts Democrat	Apr 26, 2013
  Robin Kelly	s1o	Illinois Democrat	May 17, 2013
  Dan Kildee	s1o	Michigan Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Ann Kirkpatrick	s1o	Arizona Democrat (retiring 2016)	Apr 18, 2013
  James Langevin	s1o	Rhode Island Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Rick Larsen	s1o	Washington Democrat	May 17, 2013
  Barbara Lee	s1o	California Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  John Lewis	s1o	Georgia Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  David Loebsack	s1o	Iowa Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Zoe Lofgren	s1o	California Democrat	May 21, 2013
  Alan Lowenthal	s1o	California Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Nita Lowey	s1o	New York Democrat	Jun 4, 2013
  Michelle Lujan-Grisham	s1o	New Mexico Democrat	Jun 4, 2013
  Steve Lynch	s1o	Massachusetts Democrat (Senate run 2013)	Apr 18, 2013
  Dan Maffei	s1o	New York Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Ed Markey	s1o	MA Democratic Challenger	Apr 18, 2013
  Doris Matsui	s1o	California Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Carolyn McCarthy	s1o	New York Dem. (retiring 2014)	May 17, 2013
  Jim McDermott	s1o	Washington Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Jim McGovern	s1o	Massachusetts Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Gloria Negrete McLeod	s1o	California Democrat (County run 2014)	May 21, 2013
  Grace Meng	s1o	New York Democrat	Jun 4, 2013
  Michael Michaud	s1o	Maine Democratic Governor Challenger	Apr 18, 2013
  Gwen Moore	s1o	Wisconsin Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Jerrold Nadler	s1o	New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families	Apr 18, 2013
  Grace Napolitano	s1o	California Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Rick Nolan	s1o	Minnesota Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Eleanor Holmes Norton	s1o	District of Columbia Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Ed Pastor	s1o	Arizona Democrat (retiring 2014)	Apr 26, 2013
  Donald Payne Jr.	s1o	New Jersey Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Gary Peters	s1o	MI Democratic Challenger	Apr 18, 2013
  Chellie Pingree	s1o	Maine Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Mark Pocan	s1o	Wisconsin Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Nick Rahall	s1o	West Virginia Democrat	May 15, 2013
  Charles Rangel	s1o	New York Dem./Lib. (retiring 2016)	May 15, 2013
  Lucille Roybal-Allard	s1o	California Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Raul Ruiz	s1o	California Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Bobby Rush	s1o	Illinois Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Tim Ryan	s1o	Ohio Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Gregorio Sablan	s1o	Marianas Democrat	May 6, 2013
  John Sarbanes	s1o	Maryland Democrat	May 15, 2013
  Jan Schakowsky	s1o	Illinois Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Bobby Scott	s1o	Virginia Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Jose Serrano	s1o	New York Democrat/Liberal	Apr 18, 2013
  Carol Shea-Porter	s1o	New Hampshire Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Albio Sires	s1o	New Jersey Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Jackie Speier	s1o	California Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Mark Takano	s1o	California Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Bennie Thompson	s1o	Mississippi Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Dina Titus	s1o	Nevada Democrat	May 16, 2013
  Paul Tonko	s1o	New York Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Juan Vargas	s1o	California Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Marc Veasey	s1o	Texas Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Filemon Vela	s1o	Texas Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Nydia Velazquez	s1o	New York Democrat/Working-Families	Apr 18, 2013
  Maxine Waters	s1o	California Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Henry Waxman	s1o	California Democrat (retiring 2014)	May 21, 2013
  Peter Welch	s1o	Vermont Democrat	Apr 18, 2013
  Frederica Wilson	s1o	Florida Democrat	Apr 18, 2013

  
  
  

  Republicans participating in 13-HCR34

  
  
  

  Independents participating in 13-HCR34
  Donna Christensen	s1o	Virgin Islands Governor candidate 2014	Apr 18, 2013

  
  
  

  Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

  Democrats: 103 Republicans: 0 Independents: 1