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.
It may be the first time in 17 years for the federal government, but states are no strangers to government shutdowns. Take Minnesota. For 20 days in July 2011, the Minnesota state government shut down, according to a state report. Nearly 200,000 staff hours were redirected from normal duties to preparation for and recovery from the shutdown. And more than a million pieces of correspondence were sent out at a cost of $552,000.