NEW: nearly 30 million people are waiting on their $1,400 checks because of a holdup at the Social Security Administration, House Dems say huffpost.com/entry/social-s…
Apparently the IRS asked SSA for payment info two weeks before the Rescue Plan passed and SSA has inexplicably withheld it!
Very notable that SSA is headed by a Trump holdover some Dems already said Biden should fire
Very notable that SSA is headed by a Trump holdover some Dems already said Biden should fire
Dems already dislike SSA commissioner Andrew Saul for his agency's feuds with its workforce plus its cuts and attempted cuts to disability benefits.
If SSA is holding up checks, that's an interesting choice
If SSA is holding up checks, that's an interesting choice
UPDATE: Social Security says they’ll hand IRS the payment info tomorrow and they couldn’t have done it sooner because of how Congress wrote the law without a specific appropriation for the task. Wow.
This is not easy to discern directly from the texts of the two laws but the CARES Act had $38 million for SSA administrative expenses that was supposed remain available until 9/31/21. Not also in ARP. I am unsure if that's the problem. congress.gov/bill/116th-con…
Dems say SSA sent IRS the payment files today.
"We are gratified that the SSA leadership finally recognized the urgency of the moment and acted swiftly on our ultimatum."
"We are gratified that the SSA leadership finally recognized the urgency of the moment and acted swiftly on our ultimatum."
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