Social Security Reform
Rep. Nadler and other panelists criticized recent proposals to preserve the Social Security system. They said the proposed legislation would reduce benefits for too many beneficiaries and wo…
51 viewsRep. Nadler and other panelists criticized recent proposals to preserve the Social Security system. They said the proposed legislation would reduce benefits for too many beneficiaries and wo…
51 viewsCommittee members heard testimony from several members of Congress and others on Social Security reform and the creation of an expert panel to recommend solutions to Congress. They testified…
178 viewsMedicare University, a medicare reform forum, hosted experts to discuss the state of the Medicare program and ways to maintain the solvency of the trust fund.
86 viewsCurrent news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…
71 viewsCommittee members heard testimony from government officials, industy association representatives, and policy analysts on the provisions of the Senior Citizens Equity Act, part of the Republi…
189 viewsSenate Judiciary Committee members heard testimony on the balanced budget amendment. A number of congressional, federal, and outside experts testified about the feasibility and legality of p…
95 viewsDuring the fourth and final day of hearings on the Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment, witnesses testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee. The amendment would impose a mand…
47 viewsWitnesses testified at hearings held by Senator Paul Simon. This is one of a series of hearings being held by Senator Simon who endorses and cosponsors the current balanced budget amendment …
74 viewsThe Senate Finance Committee held a hearing concerning Social Security taxes for domestic workers and raising the wage threshold.
61 viewsThe Republican Study Committee heard testimony from analysts of the Social Security programs on proposals to reform the Social Security system, which included reductions in cost of living in…
78 viewsThe subcommittee heard testimony on Social Security earnings limitations. Currently, seniors earning an income of a particular amount must forfeit part or all of their Social Security earnin…
177 viewsThe Senate Finance Committee hearing on a social security tax cut continued. Charles Bowsher, Comptroller General of the U.S. General Accounting Office, and Robert Ball, the former Commissio…
41 viewsPanelists discussed Medicare, payroll taxes, elderly care and private sector solutions for catastrophic health costs. They answered audience questions.
34 viewsMembers of the Social Security Reform Commission, also known as the Greenspan Commission, met to review options for the future viability of social security.
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