White House Looks to Sweeten Social Security Plan
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The White House is looking for ways  to sell jittery members of Congress and the public on a  controversial strategy that would revamp Social Security by  reducing future retiree benefits, analysts and Republican  sources say.
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With the elections over and Democrats poised to take control on Capitol Hill, the Bush administration is making a fresh push to persuade them to help rein in the rising costs of Social Security and government health-care programs by offering to open talks with "no preconditions."
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What's behind the President's ideas for Social Security
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President Bush, on a trip to pitch his Social Security plans, tried on Thursday to calm restive Republicans who fear the political consequences of supporting his idea for personal retirement accounts.
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President Bush promised to listen to  "any good idea" for fixing Social Security on Saturday as he  sought to coax reluctant lawmakers into joining his effort to  overhaul the retirement program.
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PRESIDENT BUSH used an economic summit in Washington last week to promote his plans to reform the crumbling Social Security system.
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The White House, in memo on Social  Security to conservative allies, has suggested it favors  reducing benefits for future retirees as part of a plan to  overhaul the retirement system, memo recipients said on  Thursday.
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WASHINGTON - An overhaul of Social Security to allow personal investment accounts won&#39;t fix the looming financial shortfall by itself, the White House said Wednesday.
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President Bush challenged a hesitant Congress on Wednesday to "strengthen and save" Social Security, saying the nation's costliest social program was headed for bankruptcy unless changed. Bush's plan would cut guaranteed retirement benefits for younger Americans but would not affect checks for people now 55 and older.
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Officials representing business groups, financial service companies, banks and insurance firms are gearing up for a legislative fight over Social Security, telling White House officials Thursday they are solidly behind President Bush's desire to remake the retirement system next year.
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A White House e-mail argues the case for cutting Social Security benefits promised in the future and says support must be built for investment accounts by convincing the public the system is "heading for an iceberg."
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The White House conceded Monday it will likely have to borrow money to pay for the president&#39;s proposal to create private accounts for younger workers to revamp Social Security.
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President George W. Bush hopes to   revive his plan to overhaul the U.S. Social Security retirement   program if his Republican party keeps control of the Congress   in the November midterm elections, the Wall Street Journal   reported on Saturday.
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President George W. Bush hopes to  revive his plan to overhaul the U.S. Social Security retirement  program if his Republican party keeps control of the Congress  in the November midterm elections, the Wall Street Journal  reported on Saturday.
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The president wants to tap prominent figures outside the administration to help sell rewrites of Social Security and the tax laws to Congress and the country, White House aides and advisers said over the weekend.
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President Bush stuck to generalities in his State of the Union message, but the White House this week provided some details of its plan to set up private accounts in the Social Security system. The administration didn't lay out a complete road map. It remains unclear, for example, how much traditional benefits will have to be cut or how the ...
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President Bush proposed the biggest  overhaul of Social Security since its 1935 creation on  Wednesday night in his State of the Union speech, and for the  first time said he would consider limiting future retirement  benefits as part of a solution.