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Commissioners talked about a series of three recommendations to reform Social Security, all of which allowed some degree of personal investment of payroll taxes.

Commission members questioned witnesses about the outlook for the Social Security program, as well as potential changes in Social Security.

In their third meeting, commission members heard testimony on the historical experience of administering portable personal accounts, various types of trust funds used by the Social Security …

The president’s Commission on Social Security met to finalize the language of its interim report on the future of the program and to create a mechanism for receiving public input at its Sept…

The President Commission to Strengthen Social Security met for another panel discussion led by former Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Co-Chair Richard Parsons.

Participants talked about proposed reforms to the Social Security system, including plans to add personal investment accounts, changing retirement ages, and extending the solvency of the sys…

Social Security Commissioner Gwendolyn King talked about the special problems of the Social Security system and her attempts to solve them. She also confronted some of the myths about Social…

The thirteenth annual training conference focused on the issues facing minorities in the United States and strategies for lobbying events. Topics covered included the nomination of Judge Cla…

Secretary of Labor, Lynn Martin, a leader of Women for Judge Thomas, spoke in support of President Bush’s nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court. Other speakers went on to say th…

The Commissioner of the Social Security Administration and the Controller General of the General Accounting Office testified before the Senate Finance Committee concerning the Social Securit…

Members of the Ways and Means Social Security sub-committee heard testimony about the Social Security Solvency Protection Act which would require new spending to be matched with new taxes. W…

The House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee continued to hear testimony on the Social Security Solvency Prevention Act.