Joe Biden Tried to Sunset Social Security, All Other Federal Programs as a Senator

Posted on February 13, 2023
Joe Biden Tried to Sunset Social Security, All Other Federal Programs as a Senator

American politician, US Senator, and Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Joseph Biden speaks to the press, Washington, DC, October 15, 1991. He was interviewed following the US Senate's vote to confirm Judge Clarence Thomas as an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court. (Photo by Ron Sachs/CNP/Getty Images)

Joe Biden introduced legislation that would sunset all federal programs, including social security, every four years when he was a freshman United States senator in 1975.

Photo by Ron Sachs/CNP