周一，参议院民主党领导人支持社会保障福利，此前社会保障局宣布，作为“大幅裁员”的一部分，计划裁员7000人
“现在我们知道，我们参议院民主党人长期以来担心的事情正在成为现实。参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默在国会山新闻发布会上说:“社会保障正受到攻击，处于危险之中。
舒默，参议院财政委员会的资深成员罗恩·怀登，俄勒冈州。参议院拨款委员会副主席、参议员帕蒂·默里说。和明尼苏达州参议员艾米·克洛布查尔(Amy Klobuchar)也在新闻发布会上表示，削减社会保障劳动力只是共和党人在关键福利系统私有化道路上的一个中转站。
“在我看来，DOGE对社会保障的攻击是社会保障私有化道路上的第一步，”Wyden说，他指的是Elon Musk和政府效率部。
领导人还抨击了马斯克最近将社会保障描述为“庞氏骗局”。
“埃隆·马斯克说这是一个庞氏骗局。世界上最富有的人告诉美国人，他们所依赖和支付的应得福利是一个骗局。他们不是骗局。如果美国人知道这一点，”舒默说。
当被问及拜登任命的前社会保障专员马丁·欧玛利最近预测系统崩溃和福利中断可能会在未来30-90天内发生时，默里回答说，最近对劳动力和办公室的削减将是一场“灾难”
“是的，我的意思是，当你解雇这么多人，关闭这么多办公室-没有人来写支票，你正在寻找灾难，”默里说。
政府资助的关系?
当被问及民主党人是否会坚持阻止削减作为将临时拨款(“CR”或持续决议)法案提交表决的协议的一部分，以保持政府开放时，默里说，“我们正在考虑许多不同的”与拨款协议有关的事情。
“我就直说了。现在唯一想要关闭的人是埃隆·马斯克……没有人想要关闭。我们都在努力完成这项工作，”默里说。
默里说，为政府提供资金、避免政府关门的最佳方式是通过CR。
“在我看来，最好的办法是做一个短期的CR。我们的委员会有能力通过这一短期CR完成这项工作，并准备投入工作。”
她还表示，白宫向国会提交一份“异常”清单是“完全不够的”，然后重申民主党人“在谈判桌上”，“准备好”通过一项短期CR。
与众议院民主党人合作阻止社会保障削减
舒默提到了前总统乔治·w·布什(George w . Bush)2005年提出的削减社会保障计划，将他目前与众议院成员合作以阻止任何倒退的计划比作20年前他与南希·佩洛西和哈里·里德(Harry Reid)一起做的工作。
“我们在一起了。我们说我们要与之斗争，我们赢了。我会告诉美国人民，我们正团结在一起，众议院和参议院的民主党人，我们将与之斗争，你猜怎么着?我们将阻止削减，”舒默说。
“但是我们需要你的帮助，”他说。“我们需要每一个想要获得这一利益的获奖者或潜在获奖者打电话给他们的国会议员——他们的共和党众议员和参议员——并给出一句简单的话。别碰我的社保。"
唐纳德·特朗普总统和众议院议长·迈克·约翰逊坚持认为，共和党人不会试图削减社会保障福利或其他福利项目的福利。
Senate Democrats slam Social Security job cuts, attack Musk calling it 'Ponzi scheme'
Senate Democratic leaders stood in support of Social Security benefits on Monday in the wake of the Social Security Administration's announcement it's planning to cut 7,000 jobs as part of "significant workforce reductions."
"Now we know that something we Senate Democrats have feared for a long time is coming true. Social Security is under attack and at risk," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said at a Capitol Hill news conference.
Schumer, Senate Finance Committee's Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., also at the news conference, said that the Social Security workforce cuts are just a pitstop Republicans are making on the road to privatizing the critical benefits system.
"DOGE's attack on Social Security, in my view, is a first step on the path to privatizing Social Security," Wyden said, referring to Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency.
The leaders also blasted Musk's recent characterization of Social Security as a 'Ponzi scheme.'
"Elon Musk says it's a Ponzi scheme. The richest man in the world is telling Americans that earned benefits that they depend on and they paid into are a scam. They are not a scam. And if Americans know it," Schumer said.
Asked about the Biden-appointed former Social Security commissioner Martin O'Malley's recent prediction that a system collapse and an interruption of benefits could come within the next 30-90 days, Murray responded that the recent cuts to workforce and offices would be a "disaster."
"Yeah, I mean, when you're firing this many people, closing that many offices -- don't have people to write the checks, you are looking for disaster," Murray said.
A government-funding connection?
Asked if Democrats would insist on preventing the cuts as part of a deal to bring a temporary funding ('CR' or continuing resolution) bill up for a vote, to keep the government open, Murray said "We are looking at a number of different" things pertaining to a funding deal.
"I'll just say this. The only one who wants a shutdown right now is Elon Musk … nobody else wants a shutdown. We are all working to get this done," Murray said.
Murray said that the best way to fund the government and avoid a shutdown would be through a CR.
"In my opinion, the best way to do this is to do a short-term CR. Our committees are capable of getting this done with this short term CR, and ready to go to work."
She also said the White House sending an "anomalies" list to Congress was "completely inadequate" and then reaffirmed that Democrats were "at the table" and "ready" to pass a short-term CR.
Working with House Democrats to block Social Security cuts
Schumer referenced former President George W. Bush's proposed cuts to Social Security programs in 2005, likening his current plans to work with House members in order to block any rollbacks to the work he did with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid 20 years ago.
"We got together. We said we're going to fight it, and we won. I will tell the American people, we're getting together, House and Senate Democrats, we're going to fight it, and guess what? We're going to prevent the cuts," Schumer said.
"But we need your help," he said. "We need every person who's a recipient or would-be recipient who would like to get this benefit to call their congressmen– their Republican congressman and senators -- and give one simple sentence. 'Hands off my Social Security.'"
President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson have insisted that Republicans won't try to cut Social Security benefits or benefits from other entitlement programs.
