As Social Security turns 90, Congress faces deadline to prevent benefit cuts

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Posted on AllSides August 14, 2025

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Social Security Act of 1935 turned 90 on Thursday, but the landmark program will require an act of Congress if it’s to last until its 100th birthday and beyond without significant benefit cuts to nearly 75 million beneficiaries.

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