Josh Marshall: Does your Sen/Rep want to phase out Social Security??

[Gloria]

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_12_12.php#004250



(December 16, 2004 -- 06:47 PM EDT // link // print)

It turns out that there is at least one House Democrat who's coming out for ending the Social Security program. That would be Rep. Allen Boyd of Florida. He recently signed on as the cosponsor of Jim Kolbe's phase-out bill.

So, as long as we know where Boyd stands, let's find out where everyone else stands on the issue too. Where do your representatives and senators stand on phasing out or keeping Social Security? If you find out from press accounts or by calling up and asking your representative or senator, let us know what you hear.

And as long as we're on the subject let's chart out a key issue to keep in mind to make sense of who stands where. There is a key difference between having private accounts made up by carving funds out of Social Security and private accounts in addition to Social Security. The difference makes all the difference in the world. And the president wants the former, which is phase one of abolishing Social Security and replacing it with loosely-regulated private investment accounts for individuals.

So let us know what you hear. We're quite eager to know where Democrats and Republicans are coming down on this all-important issue.

[pleiku52cab]

1. My rep is Katherine Harris

She just wants to (and did a good job 4 years ago) phase out democracy. Why knock over the pillars one at a time when you can just blow up the whole building.

[Bleacher Creature]

2. All I can say is . . .

I'm sorry.

[whistle]

3. I live in Florida, let me see if I have a current list....

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Senator Bob Graham (D- FL) 202-224-3041 202-224-2237 http://graham.senate.gov/email.html
Senator Bill Nelson (D- FL) 202-224-5274 202-228-2183 http://billnelson.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
Representative Jeff Miller (R - 01) 202-225-4136 202-225-3414 http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?Cerberus=5e18ce3f3dc9541bab89ba576f2dbdd5&FuseAction=Contact.Home
Representative Allen Boyd (D - 02) 202-225-5235 202-225-5615 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Corrine Brown (D - 03) 202-225-0123 202-225-2256 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Ander Crenshaw (R - 04) 202-225-2501 202-225-2504 http://crenshaw.house.gov/crenshaw-web/servlet/proc?pa=customForm&sa=showEmailForm
Representative Ginny Brown-Waite (R - 05) 202-225-1002 202-226-6559 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Cliff Stearns (R - 06) 202-225-5744 202-225-3973 [e-mail]
Representative John L. Mica (R - 07) 202-225-4035 202-226-0821 http://www.house.gov/mica/messageform.htm
Representative Ric Keller (R - 08) 202-225-2176 202-225-0999 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Michael Bilirakis (R - 09) 202-225-5755 202-225-4085 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative C. W. (Bill) Young (R - 10) 202-225-5961 202-225-9764 [e-mail]
Representative Jim Davis (D - 11) 202-225-3376 202-225-5652 http://www.house.gov/jimdavis/message.html
Representative Adam Putnam (R - 12) 202-225-1252 202-226-0585 http://www.house.gov/putnam/pages/contact.html
Representative Katherine Harris (R - 13) 202-225-5015 202-226-0828 [e-mail]
Representative Vacant ( - 14) 202-225-2536 202-225-6820 None Currently Available
Representative Dave Weldon (R - 15) 202-225-3671 202-225-3516 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Mark Foley (R - 16) 202-225-5792 202-225-3132 http://www.house.gov/foley/mail.htm
Representative Kendrick B. Meek (D - 17) 202-225-4506 202-226-0777 http://www.house.gov/kenmeek/contact1.shtml
Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R - 18) 202-225-3931 202-225-5620 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Robert Wexler (D - 19) 202-225-3001 202-225-5974 http://www.house.gov/chocola/IMA/issue.htm
Representative Peter Deutsch (D - 20) 202-225-7931 202-225-8456 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R - 21) 202-225-4211 202-225-8576 http://diaz-balart.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Offices.Contact
Representative E. Clay Shaw, Jr. (R - 22) 202-225-3026 202-225-8398 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Alcee L. Hastings (D - 23) 202-225-1313 202-225-1171 http://alceehastings.house.gov/IMA/issue.htm
Representative Tom Feeney (R - 24) 202-225-2706 202-226-6299 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Mario Diaz-Balart (R - 25) 202-225-2778 202-226-0346 http://www.house.gov/writerep/


<link> http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

It's the old list because Martinez (R) stole....er..took Bob Graham's senate seat and I'm not sure of the others right now. But of the twenty-seven seats in congress I think Republicans have 18 and the democrats have just 9. So, that's all I'll be hearing about for the next four years will be phase-out of social security. The system is not broken and is not insolvent, the repukes and neo-conservatives just want to do away with it!

[alcuno]

4. Ugh. My folks' rep, Ginny Brown-Waite.

A horrible woman who introduced the bill to bring back American WWII remains from France.

[whistle]

5. Where does she want to put them?

...Does anyone have a site that shows the representative districts and maps of those districts?