Bush Faces Money and Trust Hurdles in Social Security Plan
Ronald Brownstein notes President Bush struggles to secure needed funding and trust for restructuring Social Security.Dems fear loss of guarantees, Republicans wary of a party line vote, and deficits complicate financing. A bipartisan add-on could offer a path to reform.
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White House
Bush
GOP
Grover Norquist
Senate
Washington
Clinton
Ronald Brownstein
Los Angeles Times
Middletown Journal Publisher and editors listed
The Middletown Journal, established in 1857, announces Edwina Blackwell Clark as publisher JL DAvD Goodwin as editor and Michael Williams as editorial page editor.
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Edwina Blackwell Clark Publisher
M. Davd Goodwin Editor
Michael Williams
Taft State of the State rated for tax reform yet vague
Editorial critiques Gov Taft for outlining tax cuts and a new commercial activity tax while missing concrete measures to fix Ohio’s $5 billion shortfall and failing school funding. It notes no progress on Medicaid growth, calls for spending restraint, and says the speech mainly reassured elites and special interests.
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Bob Taft
Ohio
Taft
Monroe
General Assembly
Rumsfeld jeopardizes Bush vows on deficit and diplomacy
In a clash with Bush's State of the Union aims to curb deficits and halt Iran North Korea nuclear programs, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld champions reviving a costly bunker buster study. House funding was cut last year under Rep. Hobson, but Rumsfeld urged restoring funds, underscoring a broader debate over weaponization and proliferation.
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Bush
Iran
North Korea
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
David L. Hobson
Ohio
House Appropriations Subcommittee On
Energy and Water
Congress
Rumsfeld
United States
Pentagon
Spencer Abraham
U.S
Readers must read and claim the Constitution again
An editorial argues Americans are ill informed on the U S Constitution noting surveys show ignorance of First Amendment rights branches of government and the signers Madison and Hamilton. It urges citizens to study the document themselves rather than rely on experts
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Robert C. Byrd
D-W Va
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
Philadelphia
United States
Madison
Hamilton
U.S
Robert Novak
James Carville
Molly Selvin
Los Angeles Times
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Middletown Journal
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