Bush Social Security Plan Laid to Rest [View All]

Those slimy repukes tried to end run and privitaize social security. However, in another move that made me proud to be a democrat, it was pushed down and according to the headline, laid to rest. I hope that a silver dagger was used to drive through its heart.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/15/AR2005111501408.html

WASHINGTON -- The Senate staged sparsely attended burial services Tuesday for President Bush's long-dead plan to remake Social Security through creation of personal accounts. Metaphors outnumbered mourners.

Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., said every attempt to reach across party lines on Social Security had "met with a partisan obstructionism that is as rock-solid as the marble before me on the rostrum" in the Senate chamber.

Initially, he said the president and Republican supporters "tried to throw the long ball." Now, "we're just going to try to run off-tackle here ... to see if we can get the ball down the field."

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But confronted with near-unanimous Democratic opposition and polls showing voter unhappiness with Bush's proposals, Republicans flinched. Legislation failed to reach the floor of either the House or Senate.