The Rose Garden: Obama Backed Off Social Security Push

• By Keith Koffler
• Roll Call Staff
• May 18, 2009, Midnight

The White House quietly sought to get the ball rolling on overhauling Social Security earlier this year, but it either abandoned or significantly downgraded the process under pressure from Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and outside liberal interest groups, according to sources familiar with the stalled effort.