Social Security 2100 is politically infeasible and takes immense floor time.

On Wednesday, Larson reintroduced the Social Security 2100 Act, a bill that first emerged nearly seven years ago that now has nearly 200 Democratic co-sponsors in the House. Companion legislation was introduced in the Senate last year.

With more Democratic sponsors than there are Republican members and already nearly enough support to claim a simple majority to pass out of the House, Democrats could jam the 2100 Act through, where it would likely be dead on arrival in the Senate.

But Larson said that will not be his party’s approach. “We’re going to do this in regular order and flesh out all ideas,” he said, including the testimony of actuaries, economists, retiree activists and even retirees in a series of public committee hearings. “This is not going to be something we rush to the floor. We’re going to go through the whole process because we think that’s what the issue requires.”

2100 Act expands benefits

The math to fixing Social Security’s funding issues is easy, policy wonks say. The politics? Not so much.