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Documents and Legislation

• TImpeaching Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors
H.Res. 333 - Sponsor Dennis J. Kucinich (introduced 4/24/07) A bill to impeach the Vice President for allegedly manipulating intelligence and deceiving the citizens and Congress of the US regarding Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and aggression against Iran.We oppose.

• Universal Health Care Choice and Access Act
S. 1019 - Sponsor Tom Coburn (introduced 4/24/2007) A bill to provide comprehensive reform of the health care system of the United States, and for other purposes.

• Social Security Guarantee Plus Act of 2007
H.R. 1090 - Sponsor Ron Lewis (introduced 2/15/07) A bill to to amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve and strengthen the Social Security Program through the creation of personal Social Security guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restoring long-term Social Security solvency, to make certain benefit improvements, and for other purposes.

• National Health Insurance Act
H.R. 676 - Sponsor John Conyers (introduced 2/02/07) A bill to to provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents.We oppose.

• Social Security Lock Box of 2007
S. 302 - Sponsor David Vitter (introduced 1/16/2007) A bill to establish a procedure to safeguard the Social Security Trust Funds. Would require a detailed proposal for Social Security reform legislation before any monies from the Trust Fund could be used by Congress for budget items. We support.

• Social Security Beneficiary Tax Reduction Act
H.R. 192 - Sponsor Ron Paul (introduced 1/4/2007) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in taxes on Social Security benefits. This was done under Clinton

• Social Security Preservation Act
H.R.219 - Sponsor Rep. Ron Paul (introduced 1/4/2007) To amend title II of the Social Security Act to ensure the integrity of the Social Security trust funds by requiring the Managing Trustee to invest the annual surplus of such trust funds in marketable interest-bearing obligations of the United States and certificates of deposit in depository institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and to protect such trust funds from the public debt limit.We support.

• Social Security Reform: Strategies for Progressive Benefit Adjustments
Part five of a White House policy book on strengthening Social Security.

• Conservative Legislative Agenda for the 110th Congress
These 10 bills are aimed at what the American people expect and what they deserve, and that is for us to govern with meaningful solutions.

• Social Security Reform: Benchmarks for Assessing Fairness and Benefit Adequacy
Part three of a White House policy book on strengthening Social Security.

• Social Security Reform: The Nature of the Problem
The Treasury's first Issue Brief on SS Reform. Explains the magnitude of the financial challenge facing Social Security and why acting sooner and spreading the burden of reform across more generations is fairer to future generations.

• Social Security Reform: A Framework for Analysis
Second Treasury Issue Brief on Social Security reform, offering a top-down framework for designing and evaluating Social Security reform plans.

• Strenghtening Social Security: The Problems Facing Social Security
Part one of a White House policy book on strengthening Social Security

• Strenghtening Social Security: Strengthening Social Security Permanently
Part two of a White House policy paper on strengthening Social Security

• Strenghtening Social Security: Personal Retirement Accounts
Part three of a White House policy paper on strengthening Social Security

• Strenghtening Social Security: Thrift Savings Plan Background
Part four of a White House policy paper on strengthening Social Security

• The President's Plan to Strengthen Social Security

• Setting the Record Straight: Participants Get 100% of Their Personal Retirement Accounts, Both Principal and Interest.
The White House Office of Communications corrects false claims reported by a Feb. 3, 2005, Washington Post article.

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