President , Joe Biden , signed into law a bill that will increase , Social Security , rewards for millions of Americans — his first public bill signing meeting in more than two years.
The Social Security Fairness Act will boost , Social Security , payments to more than 2.5 million retirees — some by as much as$ 550 a month — by changing the formulas used to reduce benefits for certain beneficiaries: those receiving foreign pensions, and those on government retirement plans for police officers, firefighters and teachers.
Before signing the costs at the , White House, Biden said,” Americans who have worked hard all their lives should be able to leave with financial protection and dignity. ” The law that existed denied millions of Americans exposure to the full , Social Security , advantages they earn by thousands of dollars a time”.
Biden’s eminently rare Sunday signing ceremony, which is likely his final of his presidency, marked the end of a president’s long stretch of congressional stifling, despite his decades-long campaign record as a senator.
Before , Democrats , lost control of the , House of Representatives , in the 2022 midterm elections, Biden held , White House , ceremonies to deliver COVID relief, create Juneteenth as a national holiday, increase veterans benefits, tighten gun control, build infrastructure and improve clean energy.
In the final few months of Biden’s presidency, bill signing ceremonies became relatively rare despite his aborted reelection campaign’s praise for those accomplishments.
Bill-signing festivities can be a presenting but flawed estimate of a president’s legislative achievements. The leader signs numerous bills each time, but the majority are regular and personal. Biden slowly signed 48 such expenses on Saturday, including ones to create a new federal website, sell federal estate and replace post offices.
That makes people ceremonies the best indicator of a president’s most distinguished accomplishments in the legislative process. President frequently affix their signatures in several pens so they can give them as souvenirs.
The , Social Security , act, passed by the last , Congress , without apparent support from the , White House, received bipartisan majorities in both halls: 327-75 in the House and 76-20 in the , Senate. The , White House , announced solely on Friday that Biden had sign it.
Biden’s 27 filing festivities are the fewest in any government’s first name since , George H. W. Bush. President , Donald Trump , held 42 bill-signing festivities in his first four years, but even perfected the art of holding pomp-filled activities to mark professional orders, memos and joyous proclamations.
” We’re extending , Social Security , rewards for thousands of teachers, nurses and other common people and the families and victims”, Biden said Sunday. ” That means an estimated average of$ 360 per month improve”.
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