Expand Social Security Caucus
The Expand Social Security Caucus is a congressional caucus in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate, consisting of members that advocate for the expansion of Social Security. It has 19 members in the Senate[1] and over 150 in the House.[2]
Expand Social Security Caucus | |
|---|---|
| Senate Co-Chairs | Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren |
| House Co-chairs | Debbie Dingell, Raul Grijalva, Conor Lamb, John Larson, Terri Sewell |
| Founded | September 13, 2018 |
| National affiliation | Democratic Party |
| Colors | Blue |
| Seats in the Senate Democratic Caucus | 19 / 48
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| Seats in the Senate | 19 / 100
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| Seats in House Democratic Caucus | 115 / 222
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| Seats in the House | 115 / 435
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According to Senate co-chair Bernie Sanders, the group was formed partly in response to President Donald Trump's recent claims that Democrats "want to destroy [your] Social Security".
Electoral results
| Election year | Senate | House of Representatives | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall seats | Democratic seats | Independent seats | ± | Overall seats | Democratic seats | ± | |
| 2018 | 19 / 100 |
18 / 45 |
1 / 2 |
150 / 435 |
150 / 233 |
+17 | |
| 2020 | 19 / 100 |
18 / 46 |
1 / 2 |
— | 115 / 435 |
115 / 222 |
-35 |
Senate members
Current members
California
- Kamala Harris (D-CA)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Chris Murphy (D-CT)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), co-chair
- Ed Markey (D-MA)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Bernie Sanders (I-VT), co-chair
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
House members
Current members
Alabama
- Terri Sewell (AL-7, Birmingham), co-chair
- Tom O'Halleran (AZ-1, Sedona)
- Raúl Grijalva (AZ-3,Tucson), co-chair
- Ruben Gallego (AZ-7, Phoenix)
- John Garamendi (CA-3, Walnut Grove)
- Mike Thompson (CA-5, St. Helena)
- Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11, Concord)
- Barbara Lee (CA-13, Oakland)
- Jackie Speier (CA-14, San Mateo)
- Eric Swalwell (CA-15, Dublin)
- Ro Khanna (CA-17, Fremont)
- Anna Eshoo (CA-18, Atherton)
- Zoe Lofgren (CA-19, San Jose)
- Jimmy Panetta (CA-20, Carmel)
- Salud Carbajal (CA-24, Santa Barbara)
- Julia Brownley (CA-26, Oak Park)
- Judy Chu (CA-27, Monterey Park)
- Adam Schiff (CA-28, Burbank)
- Pete Aguilar (CA-31, Redlands)
- Grace Napolitano (CA-32, Norwalk)
- Ted Lieu (CA-33, Torrance)
- Jimmy Gomez (CA-34, Los Angeles)
- Raul Ruiz (CA-36, Palm Dessert)
- Linda Sánchez (CA-38, Whitter)
- Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40, Los Angeles)
- Mark Takano (CA-41, Riverside)
- Nanette Barragán (CA-44, San Pedro)
- Alan Lowenthal (CA-47, Long Beach)
- Juan Vargas (D-CA-51, San Diego)
- Diana DeGette (CO-1, Denver)
- Ed Perlmutter (CO-7, Lakewood)
- John Larson (CT-1, East Hartford), co-chair
- Joe Courtney (CT-2, Vernon)
- Rosa DeLauro (CT-3, New Haven)
- Jim Himes (CT-4, Cos Cob)
- Al Lawson (FL-5, Tallahasse)
- Darren Soto (FL-9, Orlando)
- Charlie Crist (FL-13, St. Petersburg)
- Kathy Castor (FL-14, Tampa)
- Ted Deutch (FL-22, Boca Raton)
- Hank Johnson (GA-4, Lithonia)
- Robin Kelly (IL-2, Matteson)
- Mike Quigley (IL-5, Chicago)
- Danny Davis (IL-7, Chicago)
- Jan Schakowsky (IL-9, Evanson)
- Bill Foster (IL-11, Naperville)
- Cheri Bustos (IL-17, East Moline)
- André Carson (IN-7, Indianaplois)
- John Yarmuth (KY-3, Louisville)
- Cedric Richmond (LA-2, New Orleans)
- Chellie Pingree (ME-1, North Haven)
- John Sarbanes (MD-2, Towson)
- Anthony Brown (MD-4, Largo)
- Jamie Raskin (MD-8, Takoma Park)
- Richard Neal (MA-1, Springfield)
- Jim McGovern (MA-2, Worchester)
- Katherine Clark (MA-5, Melrose)
- Seth Moulton (MA-6, Salem)
- Bill Keating (MA-9, Bourne)
- Dan Kildee (MI-5, Flint Township)
- Debbie Dingell (MI-12, Dearborn), co-chair
- Betty McCollum (MN-4, Saint Paul)
- Bennie Thompson (MS-2, Jackson)
- Dina Titus (NV-1, Las Vegas)
- Annie Kuster (NH-2, Hopkinton)
- Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5, Wyckoff)
- Frank Pallone (NJ-6, Long Branch)
- Albio Sires (NJ-8, West New York)
- Bill Pascrell (NJ-9, Paterson)
- Donald Payne (NJ-10, Newark)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12, Ewing Township)
- Tom Suozzi (NY-3, Glen Cove)
- Kathleen Rice (NY-4, Garden City)
- Gregory Meeks (NY-5, Queens)
- Grace Meng (NY-6, Queens)
- Nydia Velázquez (NY-7, Brooklyn)
- Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8, Brooklyn)
- Yvette Clarke (NY-9, Brooklyn)
- Carolyn Maloney (NY-12, Manhattan)
- Adriano Espaillat (NY-13, Manhattan)
- Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18, Carmel)
- Paul Tonko (NY-20, Amsterdam)
- Brian Higgins (NY-26, Buffalo)
- David Price (NC-4, Chapel Hill)
- Marcy Kaptur (OH-9, Toledo)
- Marcia Fudge (OH-11, Warrensville Heights)
- Tim Ryan (OH-13, Niles)
- Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1, Beaverton)
- Earl Blumenauer (OR-3, Portland)
- Pete DeFazio (OR-4, Springfield)
- Brendan Boyle (PA-2, Philadelphia)
- Dwight Evans (PA-3, Philadelphia)
- Matt Cartwright (PA-8, Moosic)
- Conor Lamb (PA-17, Mt. Lebannon), co-chair
- Mike Doyle (PA-18, Forest Hills)
- David Cicilline (RI-1, Providence)
- James Langevin (RI-2, Warwick)
- Steve Cohen (TN-9, Memphis)
- Al Green (TX-9, Houston)
- Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18, Houston)
- Henry Cuellar (TX-28, Laredo)
- Marc Veasey (TX-33, Fort Worth)
- Filemon Vela (TX-34, Brownsville)
- Lloyd Doggett (TX-35, Austin)
- Peter Welch (VT-AL, Norwich)
- Bobby Scott (VA-3, Newport News)
- Don Beyer (VA-8, Alexandria)
- Suzan DelBene (WA-1, Medina)
- Rick Larsen (WA-2, Lake Stevens)
- Derek Kilmer (WA-6, Artondale)
- Pramila Jayapal (WA-7, Seattle)
- Adam Smith (WA-9, Bellevue)
- Mark Pocan (WI-2, Black Earth)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL, Washington)
- Stacey Plaskett (VI-AL, St. Croix)
Former Members
- Bob Brady (D-PA)
- Mike Capuano (D-MA)
- Lacy Clay (D-MO)
- Joe Crowley (D-NY)
- John Delaney (D-MD)
- Keith Ellison (D-MN)
- Eliot Engel (D-NY)
- Elizabeth Esty (D-CT)
- Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)
- Gene Green (D-TX)
- Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL)
- Denny Heck (D-WA)
- Joe Kennedy III (D-MA)
- Ruben Kihuen (D-NV)
- Sandy Levin (D-MI)
- John Lewis (D-GA)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM)
- Rick Nolan (D-MN)
- Beto O'Rourke (D-TX)
- Collin Peterson (D-MN)
- José Serrano (D-NY)
- Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
- Rick Nolan (D-MN)
References
- "Sanders, Warren, Larson Announce Expand Social Security Caucus". Sen. Bernie Sanders. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
- Birnbaum, Emily (2018-09-13). "More than 150 Dems launch caucus to expand Social Security benefits". TheHill. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
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