- US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduces bill to lift the payroll tax cap, ensuring full social security funding for nearly 75 years http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/08/25/304387/bernie-sanders-introduces-bill-to-lift-the-payroll-tax-cap-ensuring-full-social-security-funding-for-nearly-75-years/ 480 comments politics