'The only reason to create a fast-track, closed-door commission is to overthrow the will of the American people by cutting their hard-earned benefits,' said Social Security Works president Nancy Altman.
More than 100 organizations, including the largest federation of labor unions in the United States, released a joint letter to members of Congress on Wednesday opposing Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson's push for a 'fiscal commission' that opponents warn would fast-track cuts to Social Security.
Mitt Romney led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in introducing the TRUST Act, a bill that would establish bipartisan panels with mandates to produce legislation that 'improves' the finances of Social Security and other trust fund programs. The legislation would then receive expedited consideration in both chambers of Congress, with no amendments allowed. Romney's TRUST Act, which resembles more recent fiscal commission proposals, was endorsed by former Sen.
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