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 115 in the House, all deriving from the democratic caucus’ of both chambers.[2]

Expand Social Security Caucus
Senate Co-ChairsBernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren
House Co-chairsDebbie Dingell, Raul Grijalva, Conor Lamb, John Larson, Terri Sewell
FoundedSeptember 13, 2018 (2018-09-13)
National affiliationDemocratic Party
Colors  Blue
Seats in the Senate Democratic Caucus
19 / 48
Seats in the Senate
19 / 100
Seats in the House Democratic Caucus
115 / 222
Seats in the House
115 / 435

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

House members

Current members

Alabama

Arizona

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Kentucky

  • John Yarmuth (KY-3, Louisville) Retiring at end of 117th Congress.

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

  • David Price (NC-4, Chapel Hill) Retiring at end of 117th Congress.

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Tennessee

Texas

Vermont

  • Peter Welch (VT-AL, Norwich)Retiring at end of 117th Congress.

Virginia

Washington

Wisconsin

Washington, D.C.

Virgin Islands

Former members

References

  1. "Sanders, Warren, Larson Announce Expand Social Security Caucus". Sen. Bernie Sanders. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  2. Birnbaum, Emily (2018-09-13). "More than 150 Dems launch caucus to expand Social Security benefits". The Hill. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
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