Government Executive: A handful of Democratic lawmakers have renewed the push for the Seniors and Veterans Emergency (SAVE) Benefits Act, which would provide a one-time payment of $581 to Social Security recipients to help compensate for the zero cost of living adjustment in 2016 and the meager 0.3 percent COLA (about $5 per month) slated for 2017. “There is nothing worse than delivering a flat Social Security COLA to our seniors,” said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. The legislation, which was introduced in 2015, went nowhere, but Schumer said there is precedent for passing the bill: In 2009, Congress passed a one-time $250 payment to seniors to help them through the recession.
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