Senators Back More Funds for Social Security Administration
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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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The Senate on Thursday approved and  sent to President George W. Bush legislation to shore up  beleaguered corporate pensions and stabilize the deficit-ridden  federal program that insures them.
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The House of Representatives on  Friday approved significant increases in funds next year for  domestic security and veterans care in a challenge to President  George W. Bush&#39;s more limited budget requests.
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A Senate committee voted Wednesday to boost funds for battling AIDS and other diseases in poor nations but provided less than half what President Bush wanted for prodding countries to adopt democratic reforms.
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RALEIGH, N.C.  - President Bush, determined to  build support for overhauling Social Security, sought on  Thursday to assure members of Congress that they would not be  hurt politically for supporting his proposal.
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A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday backed a &#36;94 billion 2005 spending bill which included an extra &#36;800 million to fund space projects next year.
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The Senate on Friday approved a $286 billion farm bill with an election-year expansion of subsidies for growers and food stamps for the poor.
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WASHINGTON - The Senate, in an unusual Sunday session, saw its effort to pass a sweeping corporate tax bill grind to a halt in the face of delaying tactics by a Louisiana senator upset that the measure did not include pay support for members of the Reserves and National Guard.    By a 66-14 vote, lawmakers did agree to limit debate on the tax bill, which provides $136 billion in new tax breaks for businesses $10.1 billion to buy out tobacco farmers' government quotas...
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Senators supporting a large spending increase for a popular children's health insurance program hope that a wide margin of bipartisan approval will persuade President Bush to change his mind about vetoing the measure.
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WASHINGTON - More than 47 million Americans receiving Social Security will get a 2.7 percent increase - an extra $25, on average - in their monthly checks next year, but much of the increase will be eaten up by higher Medicare premiums.    The Social Security Administration announced the cost-of-living adjustment Tuesday, and the increase will start showing up in checks in January...
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Two Senate committees asked whether there was more Congress could do to clean up the options backdating scandal and rein in soaring executive pay.
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Social Security taxes will have to rise by half if lawmakers don't revamp the giant program, President Bush's budget chief said Friday as the administration sought support for its overhaul plans.
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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday backed  a Democratic-sponsored measure that would give new labor  protections to airport screeners while seeking to address White  House concerns that federal authorities have flexibility to  respond to security threats.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - Facing record budget deficits,  the Bush administration likely will turn to short-term  government borrowing to help finance its plan to add personal  retirement accounts to Social Security, officials said on  Saturday.
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The Bush administration is focusing on a Social Security proposal that would allow younger workers to invest nearly two-thirds of their payroll taxes in private accounts, with contributions limited to about &#36;1,000 to &#36;1,300 a year, an administration official said Tuesday.
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More than 47 million Americans will get a 2.7 percent increase in their Social Security checks starting in January, meaning an additional &#36;25 per month for the typical retiree. But almost half of that gain will be gobbled up by a record increase in Medicare premiums.
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An economic aid plan to send rebates of $600-$1,200 to most taxpayers passed a key test Monday in the Senate, where Democrats are pushing to add more than $40 billion in help for seniors, disabled veterans and the unemployed.