Hiring freeze and budget cuts impact Social Security claims
Despite longer waits and declining service, checks are safe - for now.
Last week, 50 members of Congress sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump asking him to exempt the Social Security Administration from the federal hiring freeze "to ensure that the American people receive the first-class service they have already earned through a lifetime of hard work."
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