HR 1700 — Social Security Expansion Act
Congress 119
Latest action: — Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Sponsors
- Salinas, Andrea (D, OR-6) — cosponsor
- Jayapal, Pramila (D, WA-7) — cosponsor
- Chu, Judy (D, CA-28) — cosponsor
- Johnson, Julie (D, TX-32) — cosponsor
- Kennedy, Timothy M. (D, NY-26) — cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D, MI-13) — cosponsor
- Friedman, Laura (D, CA-30) — cosponsor
Lobbied by (6)
LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.
| Filing | Period | Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Income | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS | ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS | — | H.R. 1700 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | PORT SIDE STRATEGIES, LLC | SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS | $20,000 | H.R.1700 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO | AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION AFL-CIO | — | H.R. 1700 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | TREA SENIOR CITIZENS LEAGUE | TREA SENIOR CITIZENS LEAGUE | — | H.R.1700 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | 162 STRATEGIES | NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY CLAIMANTS' REPRESENTATIVES | $50,000 | HR 1700 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2025 first_quarter | TREA SENIOR CITIZENS LEAGUE | TREA SENIOR CITIZENS LEAGUE | — | H.R.1700 |
Action timeline
- — Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- · H11100 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- · H11100 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- · H11100 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-02-27 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (12)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Salinas, Andrea | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Chu, Judy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Kennedy, Timothy M. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Jayapal, Pramila | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Johnson, Julie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Thanedar, Shri | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Friedman, Laura | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-01 | NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY CLAIMANTS' REPRESENTATIVES | lobbies_on_bill | — | HR 1700 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R.1700 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 1700 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION AFL-CIO | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 1700 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | TREA SENIOR CITIZENS LEAGUE | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R.1700 | lobbying_bill_mention |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayapal, Pramila (D, house WA-7) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 2 | Kennedy, Timothy M. (D, house NY-26) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 3 | Chu, Judy (D, house CA-28) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 4 | Salinas, Andrea (D, house OR-6) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 5 | Friedman, Laura (D, house CA-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Johnson, Julie (D, house TX-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Thanedar, Shri (D, house MI-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY CLAIMANTS' REPRESENTATIVES | 1 | $50,000 | 0 | $0 | $50,000 |
| 2 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 217 | $38,323 | $38,323 |
| 3 | SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS | 1 | $20,000 | 0 | $0 | $20,000 |
| 4 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 20 | $10,606 | $10,606 |
| 5 | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 | |
| 6 | buffalo geothermal heating | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 7 | cleancapital | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,175 | $5,175 |
| 8 | gramercy group inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,175 | $5,175 |
| 9 | rusiniak's service, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 10 | symphony property management | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 11 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 17 | $4,300 | $4,300 |
| 12 | hsk consulting | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 13 | na | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 14 | apollo global management | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 15 | quinn emanuel | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 16 | reger holdings, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 17 | ciminelli real estate corporation | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 18 | lihui lo | 0 | $0 | 2 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 19 | joy real estate, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 20 | tabula rasa farms | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 21 | self | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1,800 | $1,800 |
| 22 | spacelink usa inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,750 | $1,750 |
| 23 | iw group inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,750 | $1,750 |
| 24 | rossi roma | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,750 | $1,750 |
| 25 | yitong investment inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,750 | $1,750 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
7 predicted yes (1%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 256 unknown (47%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 7 yes / 0 no / 256 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
7 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Chu, Judy (D · house · CA-28) · cosponsor
- Friedman, Laura (D · house · CA-30) · cosponsor
- Jayapal, Pramila (D · house · WA-7) · cosponsor
- Johnson, Julie (D · house · TX-32) · cosponsor
- Kennedy, Timothy M. (D · house · NY-26) · cosponsor
- Salinas, Andrea (D · house · OR-6) · cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D · house · MI-13) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Salinas, Andrea (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Thanedar, Shri (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Jayapal, Pramila (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Johnson, Julie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Kennedy, Timothy M. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Friedman, Laura (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Chu, Judy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS (h.r. 1700) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS (h.r.1700) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY CLAIMANTS' REPRESENTATIVES (hr 1700) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by TREA SENIOR CITIZENS LEAGUE (h.r.1700) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION AFL-CIO (h.r. 1700) · lobbying_bill_mention