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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has announced that he will introduce legislation to reverse the Trump administration’s devastating cuts to the Social Security Administration (SSA) and expand the program which administers lifesaving benefits to almost 70 million Americans each month.

The announcement came on the week marking SSA’s 90th anniversary.

“Despite its popularity and despite its success, Trump and [Elon] Musk and others have been working overtime to try to dismantle Social Security and importantly, undermine the confidence that the American people have in it,” Sanders said in his remarks on the bill.

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He continued:........

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