I love the way they are doing this, keeping tabs on what the GOP has said. Oh, BTW, have you donated yet, joined up?
http://www.democrats.org/news/200503040005.htmlMar 4, 2005
Death of a Sales Pitch: Week In Review
Again this week, the Republican Congress and the Bush White House have had a hard time with Bush's disastrous plan to privatize Social Security. DeLay and Frist both flip-flopped on the issue of getting Social Security legislation passed this year. GOP Senator Chuck Grassley also expressed doubts about the President's private accounts. During this time of chaos and confusion among Republicans, according to recent polls, the American people are rejecting privatization.
Et, tu Grassley?Senate Finance Chair Chuck Grassley: 'Now's Not the Time for Privatization; We Must Focus on Solvency'. "Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley of Iowa said Wednesday that Congress should focus on the solvency of Social Security rather than the president's plan to create personal investment accounts for younger workers. Grassley, a Republican and the head of the committee that would handle any Social Security overhaul in the Senate, said he still intends to try to get a bill approved this year. 'But maybe we ought to focus on solvency, and bring people to the table just over what do you do for solvency for the next 75 years,' Grassley said in a conference call with Iowa reporters."
Grassley: Personal Accounts Don't Solve the Problem. "Grassley also didn't back away from his comments, telling Iowa reporters, 'I don't want all the attention then on personal accounts, because they don't really solve this problem. They're good in and of themselves, but they don't solve the solvency problem.'"
Senate Majority Leader Frist: Social Security May Not Happen This Year. "Asked if it was a certainty that Social Security legislation would reach the Senate floor this year, the Republican leader, Bill Frist of Tennessee, said the 'pacing' of that legislation would be 'determined by the American people,' and added, 'In terms of whether it will be a week, a month, six months or a year as to when we bring something to the floor, it's just too early.'"
THURSDAY
Frist: "We need to do it this year - not next year, but this year."
BUT FRIST STILL PUTS SOCIAL SECURITY SQUARELY ON THE PRESIDENT'S SHOULDERS
Frist: The President "Has Got to Lead." "While Frist has lent support to Bush's Social Security plan, he's made it clear that the burden of selling it rests with the president. Indeed, during two days of travel in Tennessee earlier this month, Frist rarely raised the subject. 'Social Security will be interesting,' he said. 'I don't know what the outcome is going to be. Even with (Bush's) bold leadership, it's hard to get politicians to buy into it. That's a good example where he has got to lead.'"