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Current 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…

Mr. Thompson and Mr. Howe discussed the future of Social Security, and whether older Americans who do not need the supplemental income should receive the benefits even though they paid into …

Lawrence Thompson, who was the Principal Deputy Director of the Social Security Administration, discussed the legislation making the Social Security Administration an independent agency and …

Mr. Thompson answered viewers' questions on the Social Security Administration. Topics included the history of the administration and its role in American society. He also discussed policies…

Lawrence Thompson, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration took calls concerning the state of the U.S. Social Security system. He discussed the administration’s $350 billio…

The Senate Special Committee On Aging and the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee heard testimony on the health care payment systems used by other countries. The committees specifically so…

The conference was titled “Social Security: The Inter- Generational Compact.” Committee members focused on the treatment of Social Security trust funds in the federal budget, taxation of So…

The subcommittee heard testimony on the financial status of federal student aid programs. The thirteenth of a series of 44 hearings on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, the he…

The 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…