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Graham Warns of Consequences of Failing to Act on Social Security

March 4, 2005, 11:03 a.m.

Before most Members had even toyed with the idea of actually trying to overhaul the nation’s Social Security system, Lindsey Graham was running on the issue. In his 2002 bid to succeed Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.), Graham was hammered by Democrats for supporting an outlandish idea: individual investment accounts within the system.

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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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