Lawmakers Divided Over Social Security
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Although he considers it "morally wrong" to put off dealing with Social Security, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Sunday he agrees with fellow Republicans that changes in the venerable domestic program can't be forced upon an unwilling American public.
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President Bush sought support from congressional leaders of both parties Monday for his aggressive proposal to overhaul Social Security during his second term.
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A growing number of lawmakers in Congress are voluntarily giving up one of the biggest perks of office Â at the risk of alienating their constituents.
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With lawmakers expressing doubt  about its proposal to restructure the Social Security  retirement system, the White House acknowledged on Wednesday  that its plans for investment accounts are likely to undergo  changes to win approval.
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(Washington-AP) Nov. 21, 2004 - Opinions in Congress are split over whether lawmakers will pass a major intelligence overhaul plan before the year is out.
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The price of satellite radio service has become a sensitive topic in the debate over whether the nation's two space-based radio companies should be allowed to merge, and lawmakers zeroed in on it yesterday.
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President Bush's advisers have settled on a proposal for structuring the personal accounts they hope to create in Social Security, while on Capitol Hill, Senate Democrats were launching an effort to defeat the plan altogether.
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Social Security battle comes as both state and private retirement plans are shifting.
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Republicans face a significant challenge in persuading near-retirees to support President Bush's plan for personal accounts in Social Security, according to a confidential polling memo urging House leaders to tread carefully with the 2006 elections in mind.
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The $146 billion economic aid package on a fast track to passage in the House faces an uncertain future in the Senate, where lawmakers in both parties are trying to tack on billions for senior citizens and the unemployed.
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As President Bush begins a big  campaign to restructure Social Security, Democrats and a host  of interest groups are mobilizing to fight his private account  plan and protect the traditional retirement system.
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Mirroring national rift within party, many D.C. area households are torn between Clinton, Obama.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush, who has promised that his plan to allow private investment accounts in Social Security would give workers a &quot;better rate of return,&quot; is seriously mulling a companion effort that could cut future promised retirement benefits for millions of workers by 6 percent, even when potential gains from private accounts are included, analysts said.
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With their push to restructure Social Security off to a rocky start, Bush administration officials have begun citing two Democrats -- former President Bill Clinton and the late senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan -- to bolster their claims that the retirement system is in crisis.
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If there will ever be a year when the political stars are aligned for President Bush to revamp Social Security, it may be 2005. But he still must persuade wary Republicans in Congress to follow his lead.
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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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WASHINGTON - In the final days before the November presidential election, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry and President George W. Bush continue to target undecided voters with talk of two major social policy concerns - Social Security and