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Action Needed on Entitlement Reform

What should Congress do to reform entitlements?

By Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Pete Domenici
Special to Roll Call
Feb. 12, 2007, 2:43 p.m.

Here’s a fact that should worry everyone in Congress: Half of all American workers today have no pension or retirement plan from their employers. That means Social Security is their only source of retirement income. It is our belief that these numbers will only grow in the future.

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February 9, 2012

Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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