Elizabeth Warren Pressures Washington For a Vote on Her Sanders-Backed Bill That Would Give Seniors a Raise @alternet

Elizabeth Warren Pressures Washington For a Vote on Her Sanders-Backed Bill That Would Give Seniors a Raise @alternet:

"This week Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren delivered a petition of 800,000 signatures to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell calling on him to hold a vote on her Social Security bill. Warren, who was joined by Sen. Chuck Schumer, Sen. Tammy Baldwin and a group of activists, is trying to get a vote on her SAVE Benefits Act, a piece of legislation that would give 70 million seniors, veterans and disabled people a one-time payment of $581 to compensate for the dormant cost-of-living adjustment in government benefits during 2016. The cost-of-living adjustment went into effect in 1975 and this is only the third time Social Security recipients will not get their annual raise."