Kathleen Romig

@kathleenromig.bsky.social

📊 Director of Social Security and Disability Policy at @centeronbudget 🏛️ Proud former fed: SSA, CRS, OMB, SSAB

@juddlegum.bsky.socialReposted by @kathleenromig.bsky.social

Corporations and billionaires don’t want you to know what political messages they are funding. That’s why they make the info so difficult to find.

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@thinkingautism.comReposted by @kathleenromig.bsky.social

"Part of what is so striking about Texas v. Kennedy is that the federal government was originally the defendant […] brought by states fighting what's known as the integration mandate. Then it switched sides & agreed with the states that the requirement should be undone.”

www.npr.org/2026/10/01/n...

@resnikoff.bsky.socialReposted by @kathleenromig.bsky.social

Incredible chutzpah from a Congress whose one major legislative act was a budget bill that among other things imposed significant new administrative burdens on Medicaid recipients

@sharonparrott.bsky.socialReposted by @kathleenromig.bsky.social

The Trump Admin once again announced, w/ no prior notice & no time for Congress to respond, that it was taking illegal unilateral action — a so-called “pocket rescission” impoundment — to cause $800M+ from 11 program accounts to expire unused after 9/30. time.com/article/2026...

@kathleenromig.bsky.social

My choice whether to have a 3rd child was sure constrained by living in a 2BR apt. In my area, housing is expensive. Houses crazy expensive & 3BRs are rare so they command a steep premium. "Starter homes" are a long way from my job & family support--& mostly not transit accessible.

@donmoyn.bsky.socialReposted by @kathleenromig.bsky.social

New, from me: Once memory-holed, DOGE is now the subject of revisionism.
To better understand why DOGE failed, I talked to people in the civic tech movement that DOGE displaced, who continue to offer the alternative model for how to modernize govt. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-vs-ci...

donmoynihan.substack.comDOGE vs. Civic TechAs DOGE revisionism picks up, a contrast with the civic tech movement it displaced illuminates its failure
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.socialReposted by @kathleenromig.bsky.social

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work. On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen. "As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests. "You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens." Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social

From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."

nytimes.comFrom 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada FizzleIt was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
@rooseveltinstitute.orgReposted by @kathleenromig.bsky.social

As Social Security’s financing shortfall draws closer, the debate over how to shore up the program is turning to revenue. Our Good Life Residents are out with new research on how to modernize the program’s financing without reneging on FDR’s promise. 🧵

@kathleenromig.bsky.social

Parents of college-bound kids should read this thread! There's a lot of fear-mongering about selectivity and cost, but most of that conversation is about a few dozen elite schools where most kids don't end up--or even consider (which IMHO is a great option for parents and kids alike; I lived it!)

@kathleenromig.bsky.social

Starting this month, kids can get Trump Accounts.

But for some families caring for disabled children — who will need savings most as they come of age — the accounts could create big problems.

That's because of outdated SSI asset limits; Congress should raise them.

www.cbpp.org/blog/outdate...

cbpp.orgOutdated SSI Asset Limits Pose Real Problem for Children With Disabilities Hoping to Benefit From Trump AccountsCongress should raise SSI asset limits to prevent families from worrying that their efforts to save for their children’s futures will cost their children essential support from SSI and Medicaid as a r...
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