GOP Lawmaker Cautious on Social Security

ELKINS, W. Va. (AP) - Rep. Shelley Moore Capito lays out the problems confronting Social Security ``for our children and grandchildren,'' then says she hasn't endorsed President Bush's call for personal accounts as part of a solution.

``I'm looking at it but I'm not sold on it,'' she tells an audience at the Randolph County Senior Center. ``I'm listening but I'm not pushing.''

In that, the third-term House member is like dozens of Republican lawmakers - methodically gauging constituent sentiment during the first extended congressional break since Bush placed the politically volatile issue atop his domestic agenda.

What Capito and GOP lawmakers hear will help determine the steps the Republican-controlled Congress takes beginning next week as it considers the future of the Depression-era program.

Capito, 51, is in a more delicate political position than many. A Republican in a sprawling Democratic district, she readily acknowledges her seat is anything but safe.

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at it and they say..THE SOLUTION SHOULDN'T BE WORSE THAT THE PROBLEM-
NO PRIVATE ACCOUNTS WITH SOCIAL SECURITY DOLLARS!"