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  • House GOP tries to pass Social Security overhaul by 'super-sizing' bill

    05/17/2005 9:33:06 PM PDT · by Libloather · 16 replies · 444+ views
    House GOP tries to pass Social Security overhaul by 'super-sizing' bill 05/18/2005 WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans are moving to super-size President Bush's Social Security overhaul with measures aimed at breaking Democrats' united front against it - such as bolstering private pension plans and improving non-retiree benefits for widows, children and the disabled. Democrats say they will not be tempted by what one member has labeled "artificial sweeteners" as long as any bill includes the private investment accounts Bush is pushing. "They're trying to get the goods through Customs that way," Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., a member of the House...