Posts Tagged ‘President Ronald Reagan’
House Democrats Push Bill to Expand and Strengthen Social Security
With the kick-off of the 116th Congress on January 3, 2019 and a Democratic-controlled House, legislation is introduced to expand Social Security, ensuring the promise of retirement security for more than 222,000 Rhode Islanders. It would also provide protections to disabled Rhode Island workers and families who have lost a breadwinner. Democratic Policy and Communications…
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November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
November is designated as Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. President Ronald Reagan made that designation in 1983 and this it is something that is still recognized today. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, at that time there were less than two million people with the disease. In the Ocean State, more than 23,000 Rhode Islanders are living with…
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Come to West View to Celebrate National Senior Citizens Day
Some people celebrate Senior Citizens Day on August 14 as it was the day former U.S. president Franklin Roosevelt signed the landmark Social Security Act into law in 1935. But with President Ronald Reagan signing of Presidential Proclamation 5847 on August 19, 1988, and the date of celebrating Senior Citizens Day (changed to National Senior…
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