{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stevens.house.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-rep-haley-stevens-has-new-bill-lower-retirement-age-americans-who-work", "ICYMI: Rep. Haley Stevens Has New Bill to Lower Retirement Age For Americans Who Work With Their Hands", "2026-09-25", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "MI", "Haley M. Stevens", "S001215", "stevens.house.gov", "stevens", "https://stevens.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "September 25, 2026\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 In case you missed it, Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens introduced the Blue Collar Social Security Fairness Act to lower the Social Security retirement age to 60 for workers in physically demanding careers.\n\nThe legislation would apply to physically demanding occupations, including jobs in manufacturing, construction, roofing, nursing, and more. The Social Security Administration would be responsible for identifying and regularly updating the list of qualifying occupations.\n\nHere\u2019s what Michiganders are seeing about Rep. Haley Stevens\u2019 Blue Collar Social Security Fairness Act:\n\nCNBC: New bill would lower Social Security retirement age for physically demanding jobs\n\nBy Lorie Konish\n\nRep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., on Wednesday introduced a new bill that would lower Social Security\u2019s full retirement age for workers in physically demanding jobs.\n\nCurrently, the earliest Social Security retirement age is 62, though beneficiaries receive reduced monthly checks for starting that soon. By waiting until full retirement age \u2014 that\u2019s 67 for individuals born in 1960 or later \u2014 they may receive 100% of the benefits they\u2019ve earned.\n\nYet for blue-collar workers, staying longer in physically demanding jobs in order to reach those age milestones may be difficult, according to Stevens\u2019 proposal.\n\nIndividuals who have physically demanding jobs are at risk of exiting the workforce earlier than planned, which can interfere with their ability to have a secure retirement, according to 2022 research from the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis at The New School.\n\nCBS News: New bill would lower Social Security retirement age for some workers\n\nBy Mary Cunningham\n\nAmong the various proposals for bolstering Social Security is raising the retirement age at which Americans can claim full benefits. One lawmaker instead wants to lower it.\n\nStevens has said that lowering the retirement age for blue-collar workers is necessary to help those who may struggle working into their 60s, given that such jobs are often physically demanding.\n\n\"Michiganders who work with their hands shouldn't be forced to wait until their bodies give out to retire,\" she said in a statement on Thursday in unveiling the legislation in Washington, D.C.\n\nNewsweek: Millions of Americans Could Claim Social Security Early Under New Bill\n\nBy Aliss Hingham\n\nSome Americans working in physically demanding jobs could claim full Social Security retirement benefits at age 60 under a new bill introduced in Congress.\n\nThe proposal would create an exception to existing Social Security rules for workers who have spent enough of their careers in physically demanding jobs, allowing them to receive unreduced retirement benefits seven years before the current full retirement age.\n\n\u201cIf we want to honor the dignity of work in this country, we need to lower the retirement age for physical laborers,\u201d said Stevens.\n\nFast Company: Social Security retirement age would be lower for \u2018blue collar\u2019 workers under proposed bill: What that means\n\nBy Sarah Fielding\n\nAs things stand, any American born in 1960 or later can\u2019t access their full Social Security benefits until the age of 67. A new bill is hoping to change that.\n\n\u201cMichiganders who work with their hands shouldn\u2019t have to work until their bodies give out to retire,\u201d Stevens said in a statement shared on X. \u201cIf you put in the work, you deserve the retirement you earned.\u201d\n\nAlmost 40% of working U.S. civilians work a job that requires lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, and other physically demanding activities.\n\nMLive: Proposal would lower Social Security\u2019s full retirement age to 60 for some workers\n\nBy Leada Gore\n\nA new proposal would lower Social Security\u2019s full retirement age for some workers in physically demanding jobs.\n\nRep. Haley Stevens, D-Michigan, introduced the \u2018Blue Collar Social Security Fairness Act\u2019 this week. The bill would change full retirement age (FRA) \u2013 the point at which people can qualify for full Social Security benefits \u2013 to 60 for people in fields such as construction, roofing, manufacturing and nursing.\n\nUnder the bill, the Social Security Administration would set a list of qualifying jobs and update it every three years.\n\nDeadline Detroit: Haley Stevens Introduces Bill To Lower the Social Security Age For Americans With Physically Demanding Jobs\n\nBy Allan Lengel\n\nDemocratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens on Wednesday announced proposed legislation \u2014 the Blue Collar Social Security Fairness Act \u2014 that would allow people with physically demanding jobs to collect full Social Security benefits at age 60.\n\n\u201cMichiganders who work with their hands shouldn\u2019t be forced to wait until their bodies give out to retire,\u201d Stevens said.\n\nThe Independent: New Social Security bill would lower retirement age to 60 for some workers\n\nBy Rachel Dobkin\n\nThe Blue Collar Social Security Fairness Act was introduced by Representative Haley Stevens, a Michigan Democrat, Thursday. The bill would allow Americans who work with their hands to collect full Social Security retirement benefits when they turn 60.\n\n\u201cI look forward to bringing together my colleagues in Congress to fix this glaring issue for Michigan workers, strengthen Social Security, and ensure its solvency for generations of Americans to come,\u201d said Stevens.\n\nThose eligible for full retirement benefits at 60 would include workers in construction, roofing, nursing, manufacturing and other physically demanding jobs\n\nWDIV-DET (NBC) \u2014 Detroit, MI\n\nA new bill in Congress could lower the full Social Security retirement age to 60 for some workers.\n\nMichigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens, introducing the Blue Collar Social Security Fairness Act, aimed at people in physically demanding jobs like construction, nursing and manufacturing.\n\nUnder this proposal, workers would need to work a certain amount of years in qualifying jobs to get those full benefits at 60, the current full retirement age is 67.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-26T09:43:57Z", "2026-09-26T09:44:55Z"]], "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://stevens.house.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-rep-haley-stevens-has-new-bill-lower-retirement-age-americans-who-work"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.2639369126409292, "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"}