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• Response to President’s Health Care Plan and Summit: Three Things You Can Do

  February 26, 2010: In order to bridge the differences between the U.S. House and Senate-passed health care bills - and continue to move reform forward - President Obama unveiled his Administration's own health plan on Monday.  The plan contains several major steps t...Read more >

• President Establishes Debt Commission to Look at Social Security and Medicare

  February 19, 2010: Yesterday, President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order establishing a commission to tackle the federal debt.  The commission's purpose is to reduce the federal budget deficit from 10% to 3% by 2015 and to propose ways to contain costs related t...Read more >

• President’s Budget Includes $250 Stimulus Payment for Social Security Recipients

  February 05, 2010: President Obama's Fiscal Year 2011 budget proposes a $250 payment to Social Security recipients.  The relief would come at a time when Social Security beneficiaries will not be receiving a normal cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) because of a formul...Read more >

• President Obama Delivers State of the Union Address

  January 29, 2010: During his State of the Union address on Wednesday, President Obama vocalized the critical need for a reduction in the federal deficit.  Alliance Executive Director Edward Coyle agreed with the sentiment but cautioned, "We cannot balance the budget...Read more >