Congress Weighs $200 Monthly Social Security Boost as Republicans Control Both Chambers
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Updated · The Motley Fool · Jun 14
Congress Weighs $200 Monthly Social Security Boost as Republicans Control Both Chambers
3 articles · Updated · The Motley Fool · Jun 14
Summary
$200 a month is at the center of two congressional Social Security bills, one offering a temporary increase from January to July 2026 and another making the boost permanent.
The temporary proposal, backed by John Larson, Steven Horsford and Elizabeth Warren, is framed as emergency inflation relief for all beneficiaries, including disability recipients.
Bernie Sanders' Social Security Expansion Act would also switch annual COLA calculations to the CPI-E and fund the richer benefit by applying Social Security taxes to income above $250,000.
Republican control of the House and Senate leaves both measures with slim odds, and the report says President Trump would likely veto either bill if it reached his desk.
Even so, the proposals sharpen debate over whether current COLAs protect seniors' purchasing power and how to avoid a steep benefit cut when Social Security trust funds run short in 2032.