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Did Monica De La Cruz cosponsor a bill to prevent cuts to seniors' benefits?

Matches stated record claim. She cosponsored a bill to keep Social Security and Medicare paid in a debt-limit standoff, which got no vote, and the Social Security Fairness Act, now law.

Monica De La Cruz

Seniors: legislation against cuts to benefits

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What they say

Her campaign says she cosponsored legislation preventing cuts to seniors' benefits.

“Co-sponsored legislation preventing cuts to seniors’ benefits”

What the record shows ·

She cosponsored H.R. 875, the Protecting Social Security and Medicare Act, from June 30, 2023. It would let the Treasury keep paying Social Security and Medicare benefits in full and on time if the debt limit is reached; it never got a vote. She also cosponsored the Social Security Fairness Act and voted Yea when it passed the House on November 12, 2024. It became Public Law 118-273 on January 5, 2025 and ended two rules that reduced some public-service retirees' benefits.

Limit: The claim does not name a bill; these are the two cosponsorships in her record that fit it. H.R. 875 deals with missed payments in a debt-limit standoff, not benefit levels; the Social Security Fairness Act raised benefits rather than preventing a cut.

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  1. Monica on the Issueshttps://monicaforcongress.us/issues/

    Monica for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The campaign's issue list: six headings (agriculture, border security and immigration, economy, energy, seniors, spending and national debt) with short bullet lines. Undated.

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  2. H.R. 875, Protecting Social Security and Medicare Act, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/875

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. John James; she was one of three cosponsors, from June 30, 2023. Would let the Treasury keep paying Social Security and Medicare benefits in full and on time if the debt limit is reached. Referred to committee; no vote.

    official legislative record

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  3. H.R. 875, 118th Congress, introducedhttps://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr875/BILLS-118hr875ih.htm

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The bill's text.

    official legislative record

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  4. H.R. 82, Social Security Fairness Act of 2023, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/82

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    She cosponsored it from February 17, 2023 and voted Yea when it passed the House on November 12, 2024 (Roll Call 456). Signed January 5, 2025 as Public Law 118-273. It repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, which reduced some retirees' benefits.

    official legislative record

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  5. Roll Call 456 of 2024, H.R. 82, Social Security Fairness Act, on suspending the rules and passing the billhttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024456

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of November 12, 2024, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML. Her vote is listed under her member ID, D000594.

    official legislative record

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