- United States
- Tenn.
- Letter
Cosponsor the PROMISE Act and start talking about it publicly — every day, until Congress acts. The Social Security Trustees have made the math brutally clear: without legislation, benefits get cut 22% by 2032. That's roughly $450 a month gone from the average recipient's check. More than 3 million seniors and people with disabilities would be pushed into poverty. This is not a distant hypothetical. It's six years away.
What makes the PROMISE Act worth fighting for is that it doesn't demand a specific fix — it demands a process. The Social Security Advisory Board develops a solvency plan, Congress gets a structured fast-track to vote on it, and substitute amendments are allowed as long as they also guarantee 50-year solvency. It's bipartisan, transparent, and designed to break the gridlock that has left nearly 200 cosponsored solvency bills without a single floor vote. Your constituents are watching the clock run out. Get on this bill and make some noise.