<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Social Security</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/specials/socialsecurity?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</link><description>Social Security</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Pitches Plan to Hispanics]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38466-2005May5.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38466-2005May5.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Even though his 60-day campaign to promote his Social Security plan ended over the weekend without attracting much public  --  or congressional  --  support, President Bush told a Latino business group yesterday that he has no intention of abandoning his effort.]]></description><author> Michael A. Fletcher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Ally in House Alters Social Security Debate Strategy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38464-2005May5.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38464-2005May5.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ With President Bush's top domestic priority fading fast, Republicans once again have turned to one of their least liked but most effective colleagues: Rep. Bill Thomas, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman  and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Miss., Bush Touts Social Security Plan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35357-2005May4.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35357-2005May4.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ CANTON, Miss., May 3  --  President Bush brought his campaign to restructure Social Security to one of the poorest states in the country  to focus on  what he said are the plan's benefits for lower-income retirees rather than his call for private accounts for younger workers.]]></description><author> Michael A. Fletcher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Annual Meeting, Buffett Steers Clear of AIG Details]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28696-2005May1.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28696-2005May1.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ OMAHA, April 30  --  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. chief executive Warren E. Buffett, the world's second-wealthiest man, sat down before 20,000 of his shareholders here Saturday for the company's annual meeting and told them he could not offer details about his involvement in a questionable reinsurance transaction at the center of state and federal regulatory probes.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Extols Value of Private Investment]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27029-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27029-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  President Bush brought his campaign to restructure Social Security to a Fairfax County community gym yesterday, taking the stage to hold conversations with five young local workers who fear that the system will have gone bust by the time they retire.]]></description><author> Peter Whoriskey</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Light at the End of the Tour]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27030-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27030-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  President Bush's "60 stops in 60 days" campaign to promote his Social Security proposals ends tomorrow, and the Treasury Department marked the occasion by sending out a list of statistics, among them: 127 cities visited by administration officials, more than 500 radio interviews given by administration officials.]]></description><author> Dana Milbank</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Plan Greeted With Caution]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27143-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27143-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ President Bush's embrace of Social Security benefit cuts that would hit 70 percent of future retirees received a wary reception from both parties yesterday as Congress prepared to move ahead with remedies for the retirement system's financial problems.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOP May Be Splintering on Social Security]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18547-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18547-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A badly divided Senate Finance Committee yesterday held the first hearing examining President Bush's  efforts to restructure Social Security. While the Democrats remained united in their opposition, there were signs of cracks in the Republicans' support for the president.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman  and Michael A. Fletcher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Does the Bean Soup Fit In?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18548-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18548-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The Social Security debate finally arrived in Congress yesterday, and it immediately became a food fight.]]></description><author> Dana Milbank</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personal Accounts Are Not A Certainty]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16377-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16377-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  On the eve of the first congressional hearing on the restructuring of Social Security, Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee signaled that they will not insist that personal accounts be part of the legislation and that they will not seek further details from President Bush about his plans for the government-run retirement program.]]></description><author> Dana Milbank</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justices to Review Loan Offsets]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16295-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16295-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will decide whether the federal government may force debtors who have been delinquent on their student loans for more than a decade to repay them by forfeiting Social Security benefits.]]></description><author> Charles Lane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel to Start Writing Social Security Bill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12498-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12498-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Five months after President Bush launched his drive to overhaul Social Security, the difficult, if not impossible, task of drafting legislation begins Tuesday when the Senate Finance Committee holds the first hearing on options to secure Social Security's future.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frist Revises Social Security Remarks, Urges Prompt Action]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58469-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58469-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, who angered some fellow Republicans this week by suggesting Bush's proposed Social Security revisions might have to wait a year, said Saturday that the legislation needs to pass this year.]]></description><author> Charles Babington  and Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Stumps for Social Security Proposal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64014-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64014-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush said that Americans will prosper if they are allowed to invest their Social Security taxes in the stock market  --  and will suffer if Congress denies them the chance.]]></description><author> Jim VandeHei</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reform Is Tough Sell Among Working Poor]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61356-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61356-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush maintains that people living from paycheck to paycheck would gain the most from private accounts. But some say they would just as soon not have another thing to worry about.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel May Take Lead on Social Security]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59518-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59518-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[White House aides say President Bush wants the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over the issue, to take the lead role in crafting a new Social Security plan.]]></description><author> Jim VandeHei</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Lauds Ohio's Non-Social Security Plan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57530-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57530-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush continued his campaign to restructure Social Security on Friday, participating in an event showcasing public retirement plans in Ohio that have operated outside the federal system.]]></description><author> Michael A. Fletcher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Safety Net With Some Holes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42240-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42240-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[SANTIAGO, Chile -- As Eugenio Pumarino studied investment options for his state-sponsored private pension account, the 71-year-old retiree uttered words that would be sweet music to advocates of private accounts for the U.S. Social Security system.]]></description><author> Monte Reel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Many, It's Back to the State]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42239-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42239-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush's social security plan closely echoes the privatization plan that then-prime minister Margaret Thatcher implemented in Britain in the late 1980s -- a plan that fell flat for many investors.]]></description><author> Glenn Frankel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coalition Pushes Social Security Accounts]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32781-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32781-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/socialsecurity</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 17:06:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Even though there's a decided lack of momentum on Capitol Hill for President Bush's proposal on Social Security private accounts, business supporters are sounding quite upbeat.]]></description><author> Judy Sarasohn</author></item></channel></rss>