Social Security

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Clay Duke was a troubled, broke ex-con with Bipolar Disorder, an interest in anarchy, a wife whose Unemployment Benefits had run out and frustrations that reached their boiling point on a day circled on his calendar at …

WASHINGTON — The Senate yesterday overwhelmingly passed a sweeping tax-cut package that extends lower Tax Rates for all Americans and tries to jolt a sluggish economy. The $858 billion Compromise now moves to the House, where opposition app…

Here’s a problem with the tax deal that just passed the Senate; the deal will lower the Payroll Tax—the tax that funds the Social Security trust. This is a trap for the Middle Class. Republicans have been coming after Social Security f…

Watch Sen. Sanders' Filibuster in Its Entirety (CSPAN) [ Mr. SANDERS ] Mr. President, let me begin by thanking my friend from Virginia for doing what is very important. I think the essence of what he is saying is that today there are millions of F…

A Veteran House Democrat said Wednesday that President Barack Obama is trying to drum up support for his Tax Cut package by warning lawmakers that failing to pass the deal would be "the end of his presidency." Rep. Peter Defazio (D-Or…

Los Angeles -- Just 13 percent of Americans say they approve of the way Congress is doing its job while 83 percent disapprove, the worst Disapproval rating for lawmakers in more than 30 years, according to a Gallup Poll released Wednesday. The pr…

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- With the Senate's passage Wednesday of Tax Hike Prevention Act of 2010, it now goes to the House for consideration and a vote. The bill contains a bevy of Tax Breaks -- new and extended -- and emergency help for the job…

Published: Dec. 15, 2010 at 5:13 PM WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A smaller majority of Americans still favor the tax deal negotiated by President Obama and congressional Republican leaders, Rasmussen Reports said. A Rasmussen Reports survey releas…