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S. 1558 112th Congress Senate

Keeping Our Social Security Promises Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to apply payroll taxes to remuneration and earnings from self-employment up to the contribution and benefit b… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to apply payroll taxes to remuneration and earnings from self-employment up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000.

Introduced: September 14, 2011 Introduced by: Bernard Sanders Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
Taxation Employment taxesSelf-employedSocial security and elderly assistanceWages and earnings
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It never became law before the 112th Congress (2011–2012) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Sep 14, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 14, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action September 14, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Keeping Our Social Security Promises Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to apply employment and self-employment taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Sep 15, 2011
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Sep 14, 2011
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Sep 14, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1558: Keeping Our Social Security Promises Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1558/
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"S. 1558: Keeping Our Social Security Promises Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1558/.
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S. 1558, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1558/.
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