Pollsters Warn on Social Security Overhaul
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House Republican leaders must consider President Bush's proposal for personal Social Security accounts "in the context of the 2006 midterm elections," their pollsters cautioned Tuesday in a confidential memo that said it will be difficult to sway workers nearing retirement, a key portion of the electorate.
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If President Bush wants to push his plan to overhaul Social Security through Congress during his second term, he probably will have to do something he rarely did during his first term: get his hands dirty.
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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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GREAT FALLS, Mont.  - President Bush warned on  Thursday that retirement benefits for younger workers were at  risk and conceded he faced a battle in Congress to win over  skeptics of his plan to remake the 70-year-old Social Security  system.
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President Bush hits the road on  Thursday to persuade wary members of Congress and Americans to  support an overhaul of Social Security after raising the  incendiary topic of possible limits on future retirement  benefits.
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President Bush sought support from congressional leaders of both parties Monday for his proposal to overhaul Social Security, which promises to be a hotly contested political issue during his second term.
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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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President Bush will outline his  controversial plan to revamp the Social Security retirement  system in his State of the Union speech on Wednesday that will  also stress the need to stay the course in Iraq.
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President Bush has made his ambitious proposal to revamp Social Security a priority for his second term. This is the first part of an occasional series exploring the retirement
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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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Vowing not to "cede one inch" to critics of President Bush's plan to overhaul Social Security, the Republican National Committee is aggressively challenging television ads about the proposal if it thinks they are false or misleading.
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The debate in Washington, DC, has started over the reformation of Social Security. The 1935 plan of President Franklin D. Roosevelt is a safety net Americans have come to depend on.
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Nearly nine out of 10 Americans were  worried about saving enough for retirement even before  President Bush began his recent campaign to change Social  Security, according to a newly released study.
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President Bush is planning to reform Social Securtiy
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Democrats on Thursday said President Bush's proposed overhaul of Social Security would burden future generations with massive debt and undo income protection promised to the elderly since Democrat Franklin Roosevelt was president.
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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 parties have not been this far apart ideologically on Capitol Hill for decades, some analysts say, which could make an overhaul of Social Security hard to achieve.