Expand Social Security Caucus

Expand Social Security Caucus
Senate Co-Chairs	Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren
House Co-chairs	Debbie Dingell, Raul Grijalva, Conor Lamb, John Larson, Terri Sewell
Founded	September 13, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-09-13)
National affiliation	Democratic Party
Colors	Blue
Seats in the Senate Democratic Caucus	19 / 48
Seats in the Senate	19 / 100
Seats in the House Democratic Caucus	115 / 222
Seats in the House	115 / 435
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The Expand Social Security Caucus is a 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^[1] and 115 in the House, all deriving from the democratic caucus’ of both chambers.^[2]

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

Election year	Senate				House of Representatives
Election year	Overall seats	Democratic seats	Independent seats	±	Overall seats	Democratic seats	±
2018	19 / 100	18 / 45	1 / 2		150 / 435	150 / 233	+17
2020	19 / 100	18 / 46	1 / 2	—	115 / 435	115 / 222	-35

Senate members

Current members

Connecticut

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)

Massachusetts

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)

Ohio

Sherrod Brown (D-OH)

Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Jeff Merkley (D-OR)

Rhode Island

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)

Bernie Sanders (I-VT), co-chair

Patty Murray (D-WA)

House members

Current members

Alabama

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.

Connecticut

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)

Massachusetts

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)

Mississippi

Bennie Thompson (MS-2, Jackson)

Dina Titus (NV-1, Las Vegas)

New Hampshire

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)

North Carolina

David Price (NC-4, Chapel Hill) Retiring at end of 117th Congress.

Ohio

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.

Pennsylvania

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)

Rhode Island

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)

Washington, D.C.

Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL, Washington)

Virgin Islands

Stacey Plaskett (VI-AL, St. Croix)

Former members

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)

References

^ "Sanders, Warren, Larson Announce Expand Social Security Caucus". Sen. Bernie Sanders. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
^ Birnbaum, Emily (2018-09-13). "More than 150 Dems launch caucus to expand Social Security benefits". The Hill. Retrieved 2018-10-03.

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