Expand Social Security Caucus
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{{Infobox political party
| colorcode = #003366
| foundation = {{start date and age|2018|09|13}}
| country = the United States
| name = Expand Social Security Caucus
| leader1_title = Senate {{nowrap|Co-Chairs}}
| leader1_name = Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren
| leader2_title = House Co-chairs
| leader2_name = Debbie Dingell, Raul Grijalva, Conor Lamb, John Larson, Terri Sewell
| national = Democratic Party
| seats1_title = Seats in the Senate Democratic Caucus
| seats1 = {{composition bar|19|48|hex=#003366}}
| seats2_title = Seats in the Senate
| seats2 = {{composition bar|19|100|hex=#003366}}
| seats3_title = Seats in the House Democratic Caucus
| seats3 = {{composition bar|115|222|hex=#01346E}}
| seats4_title = Seats in the House
| seats4 = {{composition bar|115|435|hex=#003366}}
| colors = {{color box|#003366}} Blue
}}
The Expand Social Security Caucus is a left-wing 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{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-warren-larson-announce-expand-social-security-caucus|title=Sanders, Warren, Larson Announce Expand Social Security Caucus|website=Sen. Bernie Sanders|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-03}} and 115 in the House, all deriving from the democratic caucus’ of both chambers.{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/406495-more-than-150-democrats-launch-expand-social-security-caucus|title=More than 150 Dems launch caucus to expand Social Security benefits|last=Birnbaum|first=Emily|date=2018-09-13|work=The Hill|access-date=2018-10-03|language=en}}
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
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! rowspan="2" |Election year ! colspan="4" |Senate ! colspan="3" |House of Representatives |
| Overall seats
! Democratic seats ! Independent seats ! ± !Overall seats !Democratic seats !± |
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| 2018
| {{composition bar|19|100|hex=#01346E}} | {{composition bar|18|45|hex=#01346E}} | {{composition bar|1|2|hex=#DDDDDD}} | |{{composition bar|150|435|hex=#01346E}} |{{composition bar|150|233|hex=#01346E}} | +17 |
| 2020
| {{composition bar|19|100|hex=#01346E}} | {{composition bar|18|46|hex=#01346E}} | {{composition bar|1|2|hex=#DDDDDD}} | — | {{composition bar|115|435|hex=#01346E}} |{{composition bar|115|222|hex=#01346E}} | -35 |
Senate members
=Current members =
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- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Chris Murphy (D-CT)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), co-chair
- Ed Markey (D-MA)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Bernie Sanders (I-VT), co-chair
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
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House members
=Current members =
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- Terri Sewell (AL-7, Birmingham), co-chair
- Tom O'Halleran (AZ-1, Sedona)
- Raúl Grijalva (AZ-3,Tucson), co-chair
- Ruben Gallego (AZ-7, Phoenix)
- John Garamendi (CA-3, Walnut Grove)
- Mike Thompson (CA-5, St. Helena)
- Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11, Concord)
- Barbara Lee (CA-13, Oakland)
- Jackie Speier (CA-14, San Mateo) Retiring at end of 117th Congress.
- Eric Swalwell (CA-15, Dublin)
- Ro Khanna (CA-17, Fremont)
- Anna Eshoo (CA-18, Atherton)
- Zoe Lofgren (CA-19, San Jose)
- Jimmy Panetta (CA-20, Carmel)
- Salud Carbajal (CA-24, Santa Barbara)
- Julia Brownley (CA-26, Oak Park)
- Judy Chu (CA-27, Monterey Park)
- Adam Schiff (CA-28, Burbank)
- Pete Aguilar (CA-31, Redlands)
- Grace Napolitano (CA-32, Norwalk)
- Ted Lieu (CA-33, Torrance)
- Jimmy Gomez (CA-34, Los Angeles)
- Raul Ruiz (CA-36, Palm Dessert)
- Linda Sánchez (CA-38, Whitter)
- Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40, Los Angeles) Retiring at end of 117th Congress.
- Mark Takano (CA-41, Riverside)
- Nanette Barragán (CA-44, San Pedro)
- Alan Lowenthal (CA-47, Long Beach) Retiring at end of 117th Congress.
- Juan Vargas (D-CA-51, San Diego)
- Diana DeGette (CO-1, Denver)
- Ed Perlmutter (CO-7, Lakewood) Retiring at end of 117th Congress.
- John Larson (CT-1, East Hartford), co-chair
- Joe Courtney (CT-2, Vernon)
- Rosa DeLauro (CT-3, New Haven)
- Jim Himes (CT-4, Cos Cob)
- Al Lawson (FL-5, Tallahassee)
- Darren Soto (FL-9, Orlando)
- Charlie Crist (FL-13, St. Petersburg) Retiring at end of 117th Congress.
- Kathy Castor (FL-14, Tampa)
- Ted Deutch (FL-22, Boca Raton) Retiring at end of 117th Congress.
- Hank Johnson (GA-4, Lithonia)
- Robin Kelly (IL-2, Matteson)
- Mike Quigley (IL-5, Chicago)
- Danny K. Davis (IL-7, Chicago)
- Jan Schakowsky (IL-9, Evanson)
- Bill Foster (IL-11, Naperville)
- Cheri Bustos (IL-17, East Moline) Retiring at end of 117th Congress.
- André Carson (IN-7, Indianapolis)
- John Yarmuth (KY-3, Louisville) Retiring at end of 117th Congress.
- Chellie Pingree (ME-1, North Haven)
- John Sarbanes (MD-2, Towson)
- Anthony Brown (MD-4, Largo) Retiring at end of 117th Congress.
- Jamie Raskin (MD-8, Takoma Park)
- Richard Neal (MA-1, Springfield)
- Jim McGovern (MA-2, Worcester)
- Katherine Clark (MA-5, Melrose)
- Seth Moulton (MA-6, Salem)
- Bill Keating (MA-9, Bourne)
- Dan Kildee (MI-5, Flint Township)
- Debbie Dingell (MI-12, Dearborn), co-chair
- Betty McCollum (MN-4, Saint Paul)
- Bennie Thompson (MS-2, Jackson)
- Dina Titus (NV-1, Las Vegas)
- Annie Kuster (NH-2, Hopkinton)
- Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5, Wyckoff)
- Frank Pallone (NJ-6, Long Branch)
- Albio Sires (NJ-8, West New York) Retiring at end of 117th Congress.
- Donald Payne Jr. (NJ-10, Newark)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12, Ewing Township)
- Thomas Suozzi (NY-3, Glen Cove) Retiring at end of 117th Congress.
- Kathleen Rice (NY-4, Garden City) Retiring at end of 117th Congress.
- Gregory Meeks (NY-5, Queens)
- Grace Meng (NY-6, Queens)
- Nydia Velázquez (NY-7, Brooklyn)
- Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8, Brooklyn)
- Yvette Clarke (NY-9, Brooklyn)
- Carolyn Maloney (NY-12, Manhattan)
- Adriano Espaillat (NY-13, Manhattan)
- Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18, Carmel)
- Paul Tonko (NY-20, Amsterdam)
- Brian Higgins (NY-26, Buffalo)
- David Price (NC-4, Chapel Hill) Retiring at end of 117th Congress.
- Marcy Kaptur (OH-9, Toledo)
- Tim Ryan (OH-13, Niles) Retiring at end of 117th Congress.
- Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1, Beaverton)
- Earl Blumenauer (OR-3, Portland)
- Peter DeFazio (OR-4, Springfield) Retiring at end of 117th Congress.
- 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)
- David Cicilline (RI-1, Providence)
- James Langevin (RI-2, Warwick) Retiring at end of 117th Congress.
- Steve Cohen (TN-9, Memphis)
- Al Green (TX-9, Houston)
- Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18, Houston)
- Henry Cuellar (TX-28, Laredo)
- Marc Veasey (TX-33, Fort Worth)
- Lloyd Doggett (TX-35, Austin)
- Peter Welch (VT-AL, Norwich)Retiring at end of 117th Congress.
- Bobby Scott (VA-3, Newport News)
- Don Beyer (VA-8, Alexandria)
- Suzan DelBene (WA-1, Medina)
- Rick Larsen (WA-2, Lake Stevens)
- Derek Kilmer (WA-6, Artondale)
- Pramila Jayapal (WA-7, Seattle)
- Adam Smith (WA-9, Bellevue)
- Mark Pocan (WI-2, Black Earth)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL, Washington)
- Stacey Plaskett (VI-AL, St. Croix)
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=Former members=
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- Bob Brady (D-PA)
- Mike Capuano (D-MA)
- Lacy Clay (D-MO)
- Joe Crowley (D-NY)
- John Delaney (D-MD)
- Keith Ellison (D-MN)
- Eliot Engel (D-NY)
- Elizabeth Esty (D-CT)
- Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)
- Gene Green (D-TX)
- Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL)
- Denny Heck (D-WA)
- Joe Kennedy III (D-MA)
- Ruben Kihuen (D-NV)
- Sandy Levin (D-MI)
- John Lewis (D-GA)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM)
- Rick Nolan (D-MN)
- Beto O'Rourke (D-TX)
- Collin Peterson (D-MN)
- Cedric Richmond (D-LA)
- José Serrano (D-NY)
- Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
- Filemon Vela Jr. (D-TX)
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References
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