This morning, GOP Senators Pat Toomey, Richard Burr, Rob Portman and Chuck Grassley voted to reconfirm Charles Blahous to the Social Security Board of Trustees. Here’s a few facts about the man these Senators just voted to serve as a public trustee for Social Security –
“Senators Toomey, Burr, Portman and Grassley irresponsibly voted for a man that led the charge to privatize Social Security, which would undermine the retirement security for our seniors and future retirees across the country,” said DSCC spokesperson Sam Lau. “It’s unfortunately no surprise that these Senators are supporting a Koch-funded nominee – they’ve repeatedly shown their interests lie with the Kochs and the wealthy few and not with the people they were elected to represent.”