local | politics | WBTW News13 | June 15, 2026 10:02 AM
Social Security’s looming insolvency sparks alarm in Congress
Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) call for Republicans to act on Social Security reform if they keep control of Congress in 2027 is getting pushback from Senate Republicans who warn it's a bad political message heading into November. Yet, a trustees' report that the popular retirement program will become insolvent sooner than expected has lit a [...]
By Jason Griffith for PeeDeeWire
WBTW News13 reports that Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) call for Republicans to act on Social Security reform if they keep control of Congress in 2027 is getting pushback from Senate Republicans who warn it's a bad political message heading into November.
Yet, a trustees' report that the popular retirement program will become insolvent sooner than expected has lit a [...]