Senators consider rebates for retirees
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Retirees living off Social Security are frustrated that they won't get tax rebate checks through a bipartisan economic stimulus package before the House. Senate Democrats Friday began efforts to include them.
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A Tory policy group proposes a stamp duty rebate for home-buyers who improve energy efficiency.
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Lawmakers and President Bush hope that tax breaks for businesses and rebates for taxpayers will promote spending.
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Republicans face a significant challenge in persuading near-retirees to support President Bush's plan for personal accounts in Social Security, according to a confidential polling memo urging House leaders to tread carefully with the 2006 elections in mind.
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Looking at alternate plans for Social Security
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Senate Republicans say the revamping of Social Security is their top legislative goal of 2005, with further tax cuts, energy independence and lawsuit limits listed as other issues that will get their attention in the coming months.
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Where to retire depends on more than just money.
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Got some money? Have I got a deal for you! And I'm not the only one. Hundreds of thousands of offers -- many way too good to be true -- are crawling through our mail slots and into our e-mail, cellphones and BlackBerrys. Last week's hearings by the Senate Special Committee on Aging and tomorrow's...
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A second Senate Democrat said Friday he was open to President Bush's idea of letting people divert some of their Social Security taxes to personal retirement accounts as Republican Party leaders tried to allay re-election fears among wavering GOP lawmakers.
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A tax rebate is at the center of a plan to stimulate a flagging economy.
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REBATE DOUBTS: Despite remarkably quick passage, the economic aid plan and its cash rebates may come too late to prevent a recession this year. Critics say debt-burdened consumers will use the money to pay bills rather than spending the checks and spurring growth.
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The White House, in memo on Social  Security to conservative allies, has suggested it favors  reducing benefits for future retirees as part of a plan to  overhaul the retirement system, memo recipients said on  Thursday.
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Retirees face a whopping medical bill in their golden years.
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With home foreclosures surging, senators on Wednesday examined lending practices that especially hurt minorities and seniors and can heighten the risk of default.
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Health-care initiatives aimed at federal retirees and employees are under consideration in Congress and in the Bush administration.
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Legislation that would encourage federal retirees to come back to work in the government on a temporary basis was introduced in the House yesterday, giving the Bush administration a chance to push for one of its management priorities this year.
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Republicans will revive their effort to overhaul Social Security after the November elections, a "dangerous" plan that would cut benefits to senior citizens, the Democratic candidate for a Denver-area House seat said Saturday.