The Expand Social Security Caucus is a

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in the

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and

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, consisting of members that advocate for the expansion of

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. It has 19 members in the Senate and over 150 in the House. According to Senate co-chair Bernie Sanders, the group was formed partly in response to President

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's recent claims that Democrats "want to destroy

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Social Security".

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