Strengthen Social Security by creating an independent sovereign wealth fund to invest in the U.S. economy.

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and I introduced our bipartisan “Big Idea” for Social Security to invest funds into the U.S. economy. The returns would strengthen Social Security’s finances over time, just like pension funds, retirement accounts and state investment funds.

Cassidy reiterated his Social Security reform plan to invest funds in the U.S. economy, described in the release as creating a sovereign wealth fund independent of the Social Security Trust Fund to rescue the program from insolvency.

ICYMI: Cassidy Warns Delaying Social Security Reform Will Only Raise Costs, Highlights Plan to Save It in WSJ
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MarketWatch described the Cassidy-Kaine idea as a still-pending proposal to create a borrowed-money Social Security trust fund invested in equities over 75 years, and argued it would not solve the program's financing problem.

Latest relevant reporting found before the June 7-July 6 lookback treats the Cassidy plan as a proposal, not an enacted fund. It shows continued policy activity but no delivery.

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The Cassidy-Kaine proposal does virtually nothing to solve Social Security's financial problems
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Coverage of a Senate Budget Committee hearing reported that lawmakers still lacked agreement, while noting Cassidy proposed putting $1.5 trillion over five years into a separate investment fund.

Shows Cassidy continued advocating the investment-fund approach in 2026, but Congress had not agreed on or enacted the plan.

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Six years away from Social Security's insolvency and lawmakers still can't agree on how to fix it
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Cassidy and Tim Kaine wrote that they were working on a bipartisan proposal for a parallel investment fund, funded with $1.5 trillion and invested in stocks, bonds, and other assets.

Direct evidence of concrete effort and bipartisan proposal development, but the language is prospective and does not show a fund was created.

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Our bipartisan plan could rescue Social Security
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The Trustees reported Social Security reserves were held in special-issue U.S. Treasury securities, projected combined depletion in 2034, and recommended timely legislative action.

Official Social Security records show the existing trust-fund structure and continuing solvency shortfall as of the 2025 report, with no delivered Cassidy-style sovereign or independent investment fund reflected.

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2025 OASDI Trustees Report: II. Overview, A. Highlights
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The Railroad Retirement Board says Congress created the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust in 2001 as an independent entity to manage and invest railroad retirement assets in diversified portfolios.

This official source corroborates the working model Cassidy and Kaine cited, but it applies to railroad retirement, not Social Security; it does not show delivery of the campaign commitment.

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Facts about the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust
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