{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcadams.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=271", "McAdams calls on Treasury to automatically issue economic impact payments to Social Security recipients", "2020-04-01", "2020", "2020-04", "Democrat", "House", "UT", "Ben McAdams", "M001209", "mcadams.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "McAdams calls on Treasury to automatically issue economic impact payments to Social Security recipients \r\n    \r\n     \r\n\r\n  \r\n  \r\n    \r\n      \r\n      April 1, 2020\r\n    \r\n    \r\n    \r\n    \r\n  \r\n  \r\n\r\n  \r\n\r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n\r\n  \r\n    \r\n      West Jordan, Utah  Congressman Ben McAdams called on the Treasury Secretary and the Social Security Administration to automatically provide economic impact checks to seniors and other vulnerable populations who aren't required to file tax returns. Millions of Americans receive Social Security benefits but are not required to file an annual return because their income is below the threshold for filing a tax return.\r\nThe IRS announcement that many seniors, disabled veterans and Social Security beneficiaries are required to file a simplified tax return to receive the economic impact payments is government bureaucracy at its worst, said McAdams. The CARES Act is designed to deliver immediate help to Americans, especially those such as vulnerable seniors. It is wrong for the IRS to create unnecessary hurdles for these individuals when the IRS is able to coordinate with the Social Security Administration to facilitate these payments. I call on these government agencies to work together to uphold the intent of the CARES Act by getting the economic impact checks out immediately without imposing unnecessary requirements.\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mcadams.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=271"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8671989198774099, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}