Social Security
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Whitehouse Meets with East Providence Seniors
East Providence, RI - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse today visited with East Providence seniors at Orchard View Manor to discuss his efforts to preserve Social Security and Medicare benefits, make prescription drugs more affordable by allowing Medicare to negotiate prices with drug companies, and o...…Read More
Posted on 8/15/2012 | -
More Than 100 Organizations Call for Up or Down Vote on Buffett Rule
With the U.S. Senate poised to vote this Monday on U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s (D-RI) legislation to improve tax fairness by implementing the Buffett Rule, a coalition of more than 100 national, state, and local organizations sent a letter to Senators today urging them...…Read More
Posted on 4/13/2012 | -
Nearly 15,000 RI’ers Benefitted from “Doughnut Hole” Fix in 2011
In 2010, as part of the health care reform law, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) helped lead the successful fight to end the Medicare Part D prescription drug “doughnut hole” which left thousands of Rhode Island seniors paying the total cost of their prescription...…Read More
Posted on 2/8/2012 | -
Thousands of RI Seniors Benefitting from “Doughnut Hole” Fix
Last year, as part of the health care reform law, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) helped lead the successful fight to end the Medicare Part D prescription drug “doughnut hole” which leaves thousands of Rhode Island seniors paying the total cost of their prescrip...…Read More
Posted on 12/7/2011 | -
RI Seniors to Receive First Social Security Boost in Three Years
U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today applauded an announcement by the Social Security Administration that seniors will receive an increase in their benefits next year for the first time since 2009. Rhode Island seniors and disabled people receiving Social Security benefits...…Read More
Posted on 10/19/2011 | -
Whitehouse: We Must Take Action to Create Jobs
Mr. WHITEHOUSE: This evening, I cast my vote in favor of the Senate moving forward with critical job-creation legislation. With 61,000 Rhode Islanders and millions of Americans currently looking for jobs, we must take swift action to help put people back to work. Sadly, as they have all-too-many times this Congr...…Read More
Posted on 10/12/2011 | -
Whitehouse: We Must Take Action to Create Jobs
Yesterday evening, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) called on his Senate colleagues to work together to create jobs for the American people. In a speech submitted to the Congressional Record, Whitehouse urged passage of President Obama’s American Jobs Act, and shared t...…Read More
Posted on 10/12/2011 | -
Thousands of RI Seniors Benefitting from “Doughnut Hole” Fix
Last year, as part of the health care reform law, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) helped lead the successful fight to end the Medicare Part D prescription drug “doughnut hole” which leaves thousands of Rhode Island seniors paying the total cost of their prescrip...…Read More
Posted on 10/12/2011 | -
Senators Urge Supercommittee to Defend Social Security and Medicare Benefits and the Medicaid Program
Today, as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction begins its work to reduce the budget deficits, a group of U.S. Senators are urging the committee members to protect Social Security, Medicare benefits, and the Medicaid program. U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) led th...…Read More
Posted on 9/14/2011 | -
Thousands of RI Seniors Benefitting from “Doughnut Hole” Fix
Providence, RI - Last year, as part of the health care reform law, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) helped lead the successful fight to end the Medicare Part D prescription drug “doughnut hole” which leaves thousands of Rhode Island seniors without prescription drug coverage ever...…Read More
Posted on 8/15/2011 |