Thomas Urges Congress on Social Security
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Congress should consider more sweeping changes in Social Security than President Bush's call for personal accounts, a prominent House committee chairman said Tuesday, possibly including different benefits for men and women.
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The two top Democrats in the U.S. Congress challenged President Bush on Monday to draft an "exit strategy" in Iraq and work with them in his drive to revamp the Social Security retirement program.
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Bloomberg - June 5 (Bloomberg) -- Wyoming Senator Craig Thomas, a Republican who first won election to Congress to replace Dick Cheney and went on to serve 18 years in the House and Senate, died last night after a battle with leukemia. He was 74.
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The 109th U.S. Congress convened on  Tuesday with aid for victims of the Asian tsunami the emergency  top priority -- ahead of thorny domestic issues such as the  Social Security retirement program and taxes.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan urged Congress on Wednesday to take a go-slow approach in setting up the private Social Security accounts favored by President Bush. The president said he wasn't ruling out taxing high-income workers more to help the retirement program.
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President Bush says the key to getting Social Security overhaul through Congress is to convince a majority there is a long-term problem and making sure opponents don't frighten seniors into believing their checks are going to be cut.
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(InfoWorld) - The U.S. Congress can help protect residents against identity theft by passing a data breach notification bill that would also require companies to use reasonable security practices, officials from cybersecurity vendor Symantec said Tuesday. Robert Clyde, Symantec's vice president of technology, called on Congress to pass a data breach notification bill that would require organizations to report data breaches when there's a reasonable risk of identity theft. U.S. lawmakers introduced about a dozen bills requiring data breach notification after a series of breaches in early 2005, but legislation stalled largely over committee jurisdictional squabbles. About 30 states have passed breach notification laws, most of them since 2005. U.S. lawmakers have introduced four data breach notification bills since January. Private companies want one standard they can follow instead of dozens, Clyde said. "Having every state do their own data breach law ... starts to get out of control real quick," he said. "You put a huge burden on companies." In the last couple of years, Symantec has seen a change in cyber attacks, prompting the need for legislation. Gone are the days when attackers created viruses or worms simply for bragging rights; now, the majority of cyberattacks are targeted at stealing money, Clyde said. In many cases, the attacks are done with stealth in mind, with the criminals hoping to milk credit card accounts for months, he said. Often, ID thieves will take $5 or $10 from a credit card account every month, and most people won't notice the small charges, Clyde added. "The motive [of hackers] has changed from show-off to taking money," Clyde said during a briefing in Washington, D.C. Symantec called on Congress to pass a data breach bill that would include language requiring organizations to deploy standard security protections. "We'd like to see legislation be more proactive," said Tiffany Olson Jones, senior regional manager for North and Latin American government relations at Symantec. Part of the problem with passing a bill last year is that some of the legislation became too expansive and included several privacy measures, Clyde said. A simple data breach bill that focuses only on security breaches should have the best chance of passage, he said. Symantec endorsed the Data Accountability and Trust Act, introduced earlier this month by Representatives Bobby Rush, an Illinois Democrat, and Cliff Stearns, a Florida Republican. The bill, in addition to requiring breach notifications to affected customers, would authorize the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to draw up data privacy requirements for businesses, including requirements that they have vulnerability assessments and policies for disposing of obsolete data. After a company reports a data breach, the FTC would conduct an audit of its security practices, and the bill would require data brokers to disclose the information they hold on individuals and allow individuals to correct wrong information. Symantec also called on Congress to pass an antispyware bill. Several ways that spyware steals information, such as keystroke logging, isn't expressly prohibited in other cybersecurity laws, Clyde said.
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The government&#39;s pension insurance agency yesterday called on Congress to strengthen its hand in seeking to attach assets of bankrupt companies to protect those companies&#39; pension plan
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A top Republican lawmaker on Social  Security issues on Sunday called the retirement system's  finances a "problem" rather than a crisis, distancing himself  from the crisis terminology used by the White House in seeking  public support for private accounts.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 - A more Republican and more conservative Congress convenes on Tuesday, with Republicans intending to use their greater strength in the House and Senate to help President Bush pursue a second-term agenda of major changes in bedrock programs like Social Security and income taxes.
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A senior House Republican with long experience in Social Security matters outlined legislation Thursday that jettisons two controversial elements in President Bush's plan in an attempt to court Democratic support.
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President Bush will confront formidable hurdles in Congress as he pursues an overhaul of Social Security, the New Deal program known as the untouchable, third rail of politics. Add soaring budget deficits to the debate, and his effort becomes even more difficult.
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Under fire from injured retirees who say they were denied sufficient benefits, the head of the National Football League Players Association asked Congress on Tuesday for greater authority to approve disability claims.
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President George W. Bush on Friday  called on Congress to give the U.S. economy a "shot in the arm"  with an election-year package of temporary tax cuts and other  measures worth up to $150 billion.
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; In his campaign to become chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Redlands) recently gave a group of his most conservative colleagues a flier showing a bloated Uncle Sam. The caption: "Uncle needs a diet."
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Retirees living off Social Security are frustrated that they won't get tax rebate checks through a bipartisan economic stimulus package before the House. Senate Democrats Friday began efforts to include them.
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Bill Gates asks Congress to reform the immigration system and let more highly skilled scientists and engineers into the country. In 27B Stroke 6.