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13-SCR15 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 House of Representatives bill H.C.R.34

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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-SCR15
  Mark Begich	s1o	AK Democratic Jr Senator	Apr 24, 2013
  Richard Blumenthal	s1o	CT Democratic Sr Senator	May 9, 2013
  Sherrod Brown	s1o	OH Democratic Sr Senator	Apr 24, 2013
  Maria Cantwell	s1o	WA Democratic Jr Senator	Jun 17, 2013
  Al Franken	s1o	MN Democrat/DFL Jr Senator	Apr 24, 2013
  Kirsten Gillibrand	s1o	New York Democrat	Apr 24, 2013
  Kay Hagan	s1o	NC Democratic Jr Senator	Apr 24, 2013
  Tom Harkin	s2p	IA Democratic Jr Senator (retiring 2014)	Apr 24, 2013
  Mazie Hirono	s1o	Hawaii Democrat (Senate run 2012)	Apr 24, 2013
  Frank Lautenberg	s1o	NJ Democratic Sr Senator (retiring 2014)	Apr 24, 2013
  Patrick Leahy	s1o	VT Democratic Sr Senator	Jun 3, 2013
  Jeff Merkley	s1o	OR Democratic Jr Senator	Apr 24, 2013
  Barbara Mikulski	s1o	MD Democratic Sr Senator (Retiring 2016)	Apr 24, 2013
  Chris Murphy	s1o	Connecticut Democrat (Senate run 2012)	Apr 25, 2013
  Mark Pryor	s1o	AR Democratic Sr Senator	Apr 25, 2013
  Jack Reed	s1o	RI Democratic Sr Senator	Apr 24, 2013
  John Rockefeller	s1o	WV Democratic Sr Senator (retiring 2014)	May 16, 2013
  Bernie Sanders	s1o	POTUS Democratic Presidential candidate	Apr 24, 2013
  Brian Schatz	s1o	HI Democratic Jr Senator Appointee	Apr 24, 2013
  Debbie Stabenow	s1o	MI Democratic Jr Senator	Jun 11, 2013
  Elizabeth Warren	s1o	MA Democratic Challenger	Apr 24, 2013
  Sheldon Whitehouse	s1o	RI Democratic Jr Senator, previously attorney general	Apr 24, 2013

  
  
  

  Republicans participating in 13-SCR15

  
  
  

  Independents participating in 13-SCR15

  
  
  

  Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

  Democrats: 22 Republicans: 0 Independents: 0