Raise or eliminate the Social Security payroll tax income cap.

There are also long-term financial concerns, which is why I support raising the income limits, or ‘scrapping the cap.’

DelBene supports raising or eliminating the Social Security income cap to address long-term financial concerns.

Social Security - Delbene For Congress
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Updated June 13, 2026. The article reports recent debate over eliminating the taxable maximum and describes the payroll-tax-cap issue as still requiring congressional action.

Within the 30-day lookback window, coverage still treated raising or eliminating the Social Security payroll tax cap as an unresolved federal legislative issue, not an enacted change.

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Social Security insolvency is 'entirely solvable,' says commissioner under Biden
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SSA states that OASDI limits earnings subject to tax and that for earnings in 2026, the contribution and benefit base, also called the taxable maximum, is $184,500.

As of 2026, the payroll tax income cap still exists, so the commitment to raise it beyond current law or eliminate it has not been delivered.

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Social Security Administration: Contribution and Benefit Base
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Congress.gov lists H.R.4583 as introduced July 12, 2023, with latest action on December 17, 2024, referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security, and status 'Introduced.' CRS summary says the bill would subject income over $400,000 to Social Security payroll taxes.

The main relevant bill would have raised the payroll-tax base for high earners, but it did not advance beyond introduction/referral in the 118th Congress.

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H.R.4583 - Social Security 2100 Act, 118th Congress
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Congress.gov lists Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] as an original cosponsor of H.R.4583 on July 12, 2023.

DelBene took concrete legislative action by cosponsoring a bill aligned with raising the Social Security payroll tax cap, but cosponsorship did not enact the policy.

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Cosponsors - H.R.4583 - Social Security 2100 Act
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The bill text includes Title II, 'Strengthening the Trust Fund,' with provisions determining wages above the contribution and benefit base and including earnings over $400,000 in the Social Security benefit formula.

The bill DelBene cosponsored directly matched the commitment's mechanism by applying Social Security taxation to income above $400,000, but it remained a proposal.

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Text - H.R.4583 - Social Security 2100 Act
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SSA's Chief Actuary wrote that the Social Security 2100 Act was introduced July 12, 2023, and described sections 201 and 202 as applying the combined OASDI payroll tax rate to covered earnings above $400,000.

Official actuarial analysis confirms the bill was a serious, scored proposal to raise the payroll tax base for high earners, but analysis of a proposal is not enactment.

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SSA Office of the Chief Actuary letter on the Social Security 2100 Act
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