Last year the American Association of Retired persons helped President Bush pass a prescription drug benefit for seniors. But recently AARP broke with the President to oppose his plans to partly privatize social security.
Saving Social Security
Congresswoman Nita Lowey D-NY 18th District discusses the White House economic summit and what it takes to save social security
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Congressman Scott Garrett Congressman (R-NJ 5) on the White House economic summit and the future of social security
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» Nita Lowey
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Congressman Scott Garrett Congressman (R-NJ 5) on the White House economic summit and the future of social security
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Grand Plans for the New Deal
Jim Toedtman, chief economic correspondent for Newsday, explains AARP's sudden break with President Bush
» "Bush plans to turn up the heat" in Newsday
» "Bush plans to turn up the heat" in Newsday
The News Agenda
Geneva Overholser, Curtis B. Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Reporting at the Missouri School of Journalism, former ombudsman of the Washington Post, on advocacy groups setting up media organizations and how transparent the news should be
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Zachary Roth, reporter with Columbia ...
» Geneva Overholser
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Zachary Roth, reporter with Columbia ...
West Side Story
Errol Louis, columnist for the Daily News
» Errol Louis in the New York Daily News
» Errol Louis in the New York Daily News
The One and Only
Susan Newman, Ph.D., social psychologist based in New Jersey and author, Parenting an Only Child: The Joys and Challenges of Raising Your One and Only (Doubleday/Broadway, 2001)
» Dr. Susan Newman, PhD.
» Dr. Susan Newman, PhD.
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