Expand Social Security Caucus

Political party in United States
  BlueSeats in the Senate Democratic Caucus
19 / 48
Seats in the Senate
19 / 100
Seats in the House Democratic Caucus
115 / 222
Seats in the House
115 / 435

The Expand Social Security Caucus is a congressional caucus in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate, consisting of members that advocate for the expansion of Social Security. It has 19 members in the Senate[1] and 115 in the House, all deriving from the democratic caucus’ of both chambers.[2]

According to Senate co-chair Bernie Sanders, the group was formed partly in response to President Donald Trump's recent claims that Democrats "want to destroy [your] Social Security".

Electoral results

Election year Senate House of Representatives
Overall seats Democratic seats Independent seats ± Overall seats Democratic seats ±
2018
19 / 100
18 / 45
1 / 2
150 / 435
150 / 233
+17
2020
19 / 100
18 / 46
1 / 2
115 / 435
115 / 222
-35

Senate members

Current members

Connecticut
  • Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
  • Chris Murphy (D-CT)

Hawaii

  • Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
  • Brian Schatz (D-HI)

Illinois

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

New Jersey

New York

Ohio

Oregon

Rhode Island

Vermont

Washington

House members

Current members

Alabama

Arizona

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Kentucky

  • John Yarmuth (KY-3, Louisville) Retiring at end of 117th Congress.

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

  • David Price (NC-4, Chapel Hill) Retiring at end of 117th Congress.

Ohio

  • Marcy Kaptur (OH-9, Toledo)
  • Tim Ryan (OH-13, Niles) Retiring at end of 117th Congress.

Oregon

Pennsylvania

  • Brendan Boyle (PA-2, Philadelphia)
  • Dwight Evans (PA-3, Philadelphia)
  • Matt Cartwright (PA-8, Moosic)
  • Conor Lamb (PA-17, Mt. Lebanon), co-chair Retiring at end of 117th Congress.
  • Mike Doyle (PA-18, Forest Hills)

Rhode Island

Tennessee

  • Steve Cohen (TN-9, Memphis)

Texas

Vermont

  • Peter Welch (VT-AL, Norwich)Retiring at end of 117th Congress.

Virginia

  • Bobby Scott (VA-3, Newport News)
  • Don Beyer (VA-8, Alexandria)

Washington

Wisconsin

Washington, D.C.

Virgin Islands

Former members

References

  1. ^ "Sanders, Warren, Larson Announce Expand Social Security Caucus". Sen. Bernie Sanders. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  2. ^ Birnbaum, Emily (2018-09-13). "More than 150 Dems launch caucus to expand Social Security benefits". The Hill. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  • v
  • t
  • e
  • Factions in the Democratic Party
  • Factions in the Republican Party
House
Republicans (222)
Democrats (212)
Bipartisan
Senate
Caucuses with no known membership as of the 117th Congress do not have memberships listed.