Preserving and strengthening Social Security for Washington State
From Real Change Social Security Administration (SSA) offices in Belltown and the International District will be consolidated into a new location downtown, set to open June 12. The former locations on Lenora and South Lane streets will close at noon June 8. The new SSA office will sit inside the Jackson Federal Building, a Level …
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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA) called for a halt to the planned closure of both the Social Security Downtown field office and the Chinatown-International District field office and their planned relocation to the Jackson Federal Building. In a letter written to Michael Astrue, the National Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, McDermott wrote: …
The 2012 Social Security Trustees’ report confirms Social Security is well-financed, with a reserve of $2.7 trillion. But you wouldn’t know it from the chorus of “bad news” headlines, so here are the facts: Without any Congressional action at all, full benefits can be paid until 2033, at which point Social Security would still be …
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