Washington sees Social Security reform as a zero-sum gain-if someone gains, someone else loses.
Another hot-button item, Social Security reform, could be affected by a Democratic Senate.
The GailFosler Group recently featured an article on its Website about Social Security reform.
He even put forward two different budget proposals one with a Social Security reform, one without.
Today he is the publisher of The Weekly Standard, a big backer of Social Security reform.
This was the moment he nailed his colours to the mast of Social Security reform.
It is also when the transition costs of Social Security reform would kick in.
Challenges loom: a child-care conference, a summit on global warming, maybe even Social Security reform.
This was the moment Mr Bush nailed his colours to the mast of Social Security reform.
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As a result, the legacy of sweeping, fundamental Social Security reform would belong to some future president.
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As for the Democrats, their leader in the Senate, Harry Reid, claimed Social Security reform was dead.
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This is not the first time they have publicly tangled (they did so frequently over Social Security reform).
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Everything was poised for fundamental, sweeping, historic Social Security reform through personal accounts.
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And I would note that the Ryan Budget contains no Social Security reform.
Mr Bush set up a 16-member commission to look at Social Security reform.
Real Social Security reform could lead to the greatest expansion of wealth for working families that America has ever seen.
Republicans seem to have two proposals for Medicare and Social Security reform: raise the retirement age and cut benefits.
For future years, the budget includes the discretionary resources contemplated as a part of the plan for Social Security reform.
He is silent on Social Security reform and offers, if anything, to spend more than Mr Bush on health care.
Do you speak of "Social Security reform" or of "privatizing Social Security"?
While these funds will only be available if Social Security reform is enacted, the Administration's policy is categorically defined including those resources.
Mr. Bush called for Social Security reform immediately after his 2004 election victory but then didn't roll out a plan for several months.
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In 2005 George W. Bush put Social Security reform at the top of his domestic policy agenda for his second term as president.
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No wonder that the more President Bush talked about Social Security reform and personal accounts the more his support dropped on the issue.
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And he has called for reform of Medicare and Medicaid and doesn't seem to have given up quite yet on Social Security reform.
In particular, the Gore camp thinks Bush's large tax-cut proposal and Social Security reform plan will cause nightmares for the Republican's campaign by November.
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In other words, the chances of Social Security reform hinge on Mr Bush's ability to change the political landscape to make Democratic opposition unsustainable.
Even after paying for his tax cut, a new missile-defence system and Social Security reform, there will be money to pay down the debt.
They are no more likely to accept this than Democrats would agree to a Social Security reform that is presented as a cut in benefits.
They were stuck inside the Washington Establishment box that insisted that Social Security reform was all about some combination of tax increases and benefit cuts.
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