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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Iowa Newsletter for 2024-02-17 ( 1 items )  
AFSCME retiree blasts fiscal commission bill as a backdoor way to gut Social Security, Medicare (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Mary Cannon-James, president of AFSCME Iowa Retiree Chapter 61, spoke Thursday at a Capitol Hill event hosted by Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.), warning of the risks to older Americans like her if the Fiscal Commission Act (H.R. 5779) becomes law. The bill is a solution in search of a problem. It would convene a group of experts - individuals who surely don't or won't depend on monthly Social Security che more PR