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Administrative law judges face more threats over disability, immigration issues
Washington Post
Citing data collected by the Social Security Administration's Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, "between March and August of last year, ...
The State Of Judicial SecurityNPR
Unions call for better protection of administrative law judgesFederal Times
Threats Made Against 'Hidden Judiciary'Courthouse News Service
GovExec.com
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Applying for social security disability benefits online � Application for ...
Healthy Financial Habits
In recent years, social security claims have been on the rise, nearly doubling since 2008. With so many people interested in filing a disability claim, ...

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson's dumb scholarship awards
Washington Post (blog)
I am a multiply-handicapped, Social Security Disability recipient, living on a fixed income of $723 monthly. (2.) I am a registered voter, volunteer voter ...

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Social Security marks 75 years
Chadron Record
... and then we got the bad news that he had a fatal form of brain cancer, so we began the process to apply for Social Security disability benefits. ...
Letters From Readers: Aug. 31Journal Times
Social Security, sacred promiseIndependent Press - NJ.com

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Huffington Post (blog)
In fact, by law, Social Security funds are not permitted to be directly spent on government operations other than its old age, survivors and disability ...
Social Security in the Heartland: Ronald EakerColumbia Journalism Review (blog)
Alan SimpsonTPMDC (blog)

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Alan Simpson Is One Lost Soul
Tucson Citizen
He must be mad that they did not include his own psychiatric illness�interminable sick sarcasm, like last weeks comment about social security being a cow ...
Alan Simpson Condemns Disabled Vets for Breathing Agent OrangeFiredoglake (blog)
Olbermann Cherry-picks AP to Accuse Alan Simpson of Being Anti-VeteransNewsBusters (blog)
Simpson to disabled vets: You cost too muchDaily Kos (blog)
VA Watchdog dot Org (blog)
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