To report the death of a beneficiary, you should: 1  Notify the bank or other financial institution of the beneficiary's death. 2  Request that the bank or other financial institution return any funds received for the month of death and later to Social Security as soon as possible.  Return checks to Social Security as soon as possible.
Durbin: We just went through a government shutdown of your creation. Itâs cost $30 billion for taxpayers, hundreds of thousands of jobs, and the Republican Party brand is at the lowest level in the last 30 years.
Congress authorized back pay for all furloughed federal workers. Furloughs peaked at about 850,000 the first week of October, Burwell said. About 400,000 civilian military workers were called back to work the following week. The White House Council of Economic Advisors already had estimated the shutdown cost 120,000 private sector jobs and would reduce fourth-quarter economic output by 0.2 to 0.6 percentage points.