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.
Their spending at stores and restaurants will be reduced. During the last government shutdown in 1996 the economy was in much stronger shape than it is today. Economists have predicted that a two-week shutdown could reduce growth by to 0.4% for the fourth quarter. Second quarter growth was about 2.5 percent, so this could have a significant impact.