{"id":5887,"date":"2011-03-01T20:53:19","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T01:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/?p=5887"},"modified":"2016-06-10T12:44:09","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T16:44:09","slug":"rally-to-keep-social-security-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2011\/03\/01\/rally-to-keep-social-security-working\/","title":{"rendered":"Rally To Keep Social Security Working"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a title=\"Strengthen Social Security web site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.strengthensocialsecurity.org\/social-security-keep-it-working\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.strengthensocialsecurity.org\/social-security-keep-it-working<\/strong><\/a>, I have learned the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On February 19, the U.S. House of Representatives, led by a strident Republican majority, voted 235-189 to pass a budget (H.R. 1) that proposes deep cuts to the Social Security Administration (SSA). The SSA ensures that seniors, disabled Americans and survivors of beneficiaries receive their hard-earned benefits.<\/p>\n<p>The House-passed budget cuts would furlough SSA workers for as much as 1 month out of the next 7 months \u2013 and result in closed offices, unanswered phone calls, and significant delays in processing new claims.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate must also pass a budget by March 4 and reconcile it with the House, or else the government could shut down. We need to be sure that the Senate does not cut Social Security. Join us in this critical effort!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There are two rallies in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>Social Security Keep It Working<br \/>\nMadison Place, 51 Myrtle St. Worcester MA 01608-2027<br \/>\nMarch 2 at 12:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>Social Security Keep It Working<br \/>\n10 Causeway St Boston MA 02222<br \/>\nMarch 2 at 12:00 PM<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.strengthensocialsecurity.org\/social-security-keep-it-working\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.strengthensocialsecurity.org\/sites\/default\/files\/u\/Banner%20logo%20with%20SS%20card.jpg\" alt=\"strengthen social security logo\" width=\"460\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From www.strengthensocialsecurity.org\/social-security-keep-it-working, I have learned the following: On February 19, the U.S. House of Representatives, led by a strident Republican majority, voted 235-189 to pass a budget (H.R. 1) that proposes deep cuts to the Social Security Administration (SSA). The SSA ensures that seniors, disabled Americans and survivors of beneficiaries receive their hard-earned benefits. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[35],"class_list":{"0":"post-5887","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-stevegsposts","7":"tag-social-security","8":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5887"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22784,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5887\/revisions\/22784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}