Social Security advocates fear more cuts in staff and service

By Joe Davidson Columnist November 18

In advance of feared Republican budget cuts, Social Security advocates gathered on Capitol Hill to ward off more hits to a basic federal program that serves nearly all American families.

But while the anxiety over cuts to Social Security might have increased with election victories that will put the GOP in control of Congress in January, everyone gathered in the Capitol Visitors Center meeting room knew that service reductions have been a reality for years, with Congress providing less money than President Obama requested.