Senator Bernie Sanders to Defend Social Security on Budget Committee

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2014 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), slated to take over as the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, announced today that he will use the position to defend and expand Social Security, “the most successful government program in history.”

“At a time when prescription drug prices are skyrocketing and one-third of all seniors depend on Social Security for a least 90 percent of their income, we should not be cutting Social Security,…