The Social Security and Medicare Lockbox Act of 2001 is a continuation of last year's lockbox concept, which overwhelmingly passed the United States House of Representatives.
Seniors deserve to know their benefits are safe.
This is the right thing to do and the right time to do it. Sessions managed the bill on the floor of the House as Republicans and Democrats debated the bill. The bill had nearly no House opposition but similar legislation died in the Senate last year at the hands of Senate Democrats who refused to allow a vote on the bill. The bill passed the House by a resounding 407-2 vote and will now move onto the Senate. Sessions voted for the legislation.