Democrat Disputes Social Security 'Crisis'
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There is no looming crisis in Social Security, and Congress should not rush to create private accounts, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. said Saturday.
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The top Democrat in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives said she was &quot;stunned&quot; by John Kerry's failed bid for the White House.
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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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Democrats acknowledged that a vote on the $161 billion economic stimulus package might have to be delayed.
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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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Democratic presidential hopeful says 'America's going to have to change'.
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WASHINGTON - Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry accused President Bush on Sunday of planning a surprise second-term effort to privatize Social Security and forecast a "disaster for America's middle class."   Republicans denied the charge as scare tactics with little more than two weeks remaining in a tight election...
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Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry accused President Bush on Sunday of planning a surprise second-term attempt to privatize Social Security, and forecast a "disaster for America's middle class." Republican party chairman Ed Gillespie called the charge "just flat inaccurate."
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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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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton promised retirees that if elected president she will not cut Social Security benefits, raise the retirement age or privatize the taxpayer-funded system.
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The top Democrat in the Senate on  Tuesday predicted that President Bush's plan to revamp social  security by diverting taxes into private investment accounts  would fail to pass Congress.
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WHAT'S POSSIBLE: Social Security disability benefits may not be safe from the across-the-board cuts that are likely in President Bush's proposal to allow personal investment accounts.
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Key Republicans in Congress on  Sunday questioned White House assertions that the Social  Security system was in crisis, one of President Bush's  justifications for acting now on private accounts, and said new  taxes should be considered.
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Democrat John Kerry's presidential campaign said Friday that Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's warning of a looming crisis for Social Security and Medicare should be a wake-up call that President Bush's economic policies have failed.
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Even if President Bush could snap his fingers and magically &quot;fix&quot; Social Security tomorrow morning, the nation would still be facing a fiscal crisis.
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Democratic hopeful gambles on challenge to former president, accusing him of distorting facts
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Parsing the senator's position on Gov. Eliot Spitzer's controversial proposal.