Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders speaks during a committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on February 17, 2022, in Washington, D.C.Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images As congressional Republicans threaten to cut Social Security and other key federal programs, progressive Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren led a group of lawmakers Monday in unveiling legislation that would increase Social Security benefits by at least $200 per month and prolong the program's solvency for decades by finally requiring wealthy Americans to pay their fair share.
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