Does anyone know anything about Sanders legislation to lift the Social Security cap? (CLINTON GROUP)

[Lucinda]

His website says he introduced legislation, but they don't link to it.
I can't find it yet, and the only news articles I can find so far are from 2011.

Anyone know the bill number or have a date etc?


TIA

[jmowreader]

1. No, but you know what happened to it...

The only legislation he's introduced that actually made it into law is one proforma bill to lift the VA COLA cap (which is a bill the Senate Armed Services Committee chair introduces every year) and two post office renamings.

[Lucinda]

2. Yep. But it's featured on his page for Social Security as some big thing,

so I want to follow up.

[jmowreader]

4. Here you go

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s500

S.500 (113th): Keeping Our Social Security Promises Act
Introduced March 7, 2013
Status: Died in a previous Congress.
Sponsors: Sanders, Reid, Leahy, Boxer, Klobuchar, Whitehouse, Franken and Blumenthal

[Lucinda]

5. Thank you...no Rep co-sponsors, several D co's, died in committee

Yet they feature on his web page it like it was something. Thanks much!

[fleabiscuit]

3. He introduced a bill in early 2015 in the senate.

It was DOA with no senator cosponsers. A bragging right at most, bills affecting revenue must come from the people's house. Defazio from my state of Oregon had that idea years ago and introduced a bill with about 31 rep sponsors in 2013. Far left "media" likes to "mush" the two names together as if it was Sanders innovation somehow. BS doesn't play well with others.

Edit: thought I should highlight "media" as the only thing far left there is on the interwebs and radio after kids bedtime.

[Lucinda]

6. Thanks for the info!

It's much appreciated!