Senators seek retirement, health care reforms
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The U.S. Senate&#39;s top budget  overseers on Tuesday joined forces to tackle escalating costs  of retirement and health care programs they say threaten to  bankrupt the government, but they would wait until after next  year&#39;s elections for recommendations to be made public.
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John Breaux, a Louisiana Democrat, will be one of the busiest recently retired senators, with four new positions.
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Running for president a second time after collecting few votes in 2004, Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio) continues calling for a single-payer health-care system that covers all Americans, and for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq.
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WASHINGTON - Two influential Senate Republicans are putting forward competing proposals to change the intelligence community's leadership structure, despite words of caution from top Pentagon officials.    As Congress works through the August recess to consider recommendations from the Sept...
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US Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Alan Greenspan on Friday called for prompt action to reform the US retirement system which is promising more benefits than it can actually provide.
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Hoping to stem a tide of rising  pension debt, a California legislator will propose a  controversial overhaul on Monday that would convert traditional  public employee retirement plans to privately managed  401(k)-style plans, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday.
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Stepping up his push to overhaul Social Security by creating private investment accounts, President Bush is dispatching his top officials to help him convince the public and lawmakers that the nation's retirement system needs fixing now.
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Pension legislation meant to give retirees greater financial security and prevent airlines from dumping their plans on the government could be on the president's desk as early as next week under a plan announced by GOP congressional leaders Friday.
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With spending bills apparently stalled, 54 senators have sent an appeal to the Senate leadership asking that the Social Security Administration receive adequate funding to avert workplace disruptions.
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Workers protested attempts to overhaul the stateÂs pension and health systems as part of a tax reform package.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Seniority means a lot in the US Capitol halls, where senators of either party can earn some clout with enough time served.
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Senate Republicans and Democrats  said on Friday said they were ready to act quickly to boost  survivor benefits for U.S. military families who lost a member  on active duty.
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As election promises go, Labor&#39;s pitch to the elderly on health is audacious. It represents, as Opposition Leader Mark Latham suggested, the most important reform proposed to hospital benefits since the introduction of Medicare almost 30 years ago.
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The Senate, with an overwhelming bipartisan vote today, broke a filibuster and prepared to send President Bush a $35 billion measure that would revamp and expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program, setting up the biggest domestic confrontation between the president and Congress since B...
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Two senators are asking Congress to find out whether the federal agency that insures private pension plans for millions of Americans has enough money and the right approach to do its job.
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Candidates in both parties are promising to work to cover more Americans without health insurance.
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House Democrats have drafted a plan that calls for major changes in Medicare and promises to intensify the battle with the White House over health care.