From press coverage of local Social Security-focused events to letters-to-the-editor authored by our members, Generations Together is making the news! Click the links below to read articles and opinion pieces about Generations Together's activities across the nation.
McCrery Holds Out Hope For Overhaul In 109th Congress, CongressDaily AM, September 14, 2005
Action on Social Security Pushed Back by Hurricane, Roberts nomination, Alex Wayne, CQ Today, September 14, 2005
House GOP Insists Tax Cuts, Social Security On Agenda, Charlie Mitchell and Susan Davis, CongressDailyPM, September 14, 2005
Storm upheaves Bush's second-term agenda, Susan Page, USA Today, September 6, 2005
Its future in doubt, Social Security turns 70, Bill Cotterell, Tallahassee Democrat, August 15, 2005
Anniversary escalates Social Security debate, Amy Fagan, Washington Times, August 14, 2005
No happy birthday for Social Security, which turns 70, Mary Dalrymple, Associated Press, August 14, 2005
Camps gear up to debate Social Security fix, Chuck Adamson, Columbia Daily Tribune, August 13, 2005
Social Security Turns 70 Amidst Debate Over Its Future, Susan Logue, Voice of America, August 12, 2005
An Early Introduction to the Ways of Washington, Jeffrey Birnbaum, The Washington Post, August 8, 2005
Groups Focusing On Ways And Means, Finance Members, Mark Wegner, Congress Daily, August 4, 2005
See you in September, Jonathon Swanson and Erin Robert, Townhall.com, August 1, 2005
He’s Welcome, Kate Ackley and Tory Newmyer, Roll Call, July 27, 2005
Social Security Briefing, Keith Koffler, Congress Daily AM, July 27, 2005
Students stage protest on Capitol Hill, Kate Houlihan, South Mississippi Sun-Herald, July 14, 2005
Students Hope to Sway Congress on Accounts, Glen Johnson, Associated Press appearing in the San Francisco Chronicle, July 12, 2005
Social Security has 11 years of viability, group says, Vince Devlin, The Missoulin (MT), July 6, 2005
Dover city councilor joins group urging Social Security reform, Hiroko Sato, Foster Democrat (Dover, NH), July 1, 2005
Social Security Briefing, Congress Daily AM, June 27, 2005
The Young and the Ripped-off, Stephen Moore, The Wall Street Journal Best of the Web Today, June 24, 2005
Interview with John Castellani on Social Security, Suzy Assaad, Bloomberg/Bloomberg On The Markets, June 14, 2005
U.S. Business Lobbies Remain Bullish on Social Security Measure, Jeff Bliss and Brendan Murray, Bloomberg News, June 14, 2005
College student takes on Social Security, Camden Easterling, The Daily Inter Lake, June 10, 2005
Social Security reform vital to business, others; Program's solvency is in free fall; now is time to secure future for retirees, John Castellani, Thomas Donohue and John Engler, Charlotte Observer, Watertown Daily Times (New York), Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Centre Daily Times (Pennsylvania), The Ledger (Florida), Triangle Business Journal (North Carolina), June 7, 2005
Social Security, Congress Daily AM, June 7, 2005
Social Security plan backed in new poll, Donald Lombardo, The Washington Times, May 30, 2005
Reform prod by Hoffa, Donald Lombardo, The Washington Times, May 30, 2005
Hoffa Says Teamsters Want Dialogue On Social Security, Mark Wegner, Congress Daily PM, May 25, 2005
Teamsters president praises Bush's Social Security work, Donald Lombardo, The Washington Times, May 26, 2005
It’s ‘broke’ so it’s time to fix it, Derrick Max for the Muscatine Journal, May 9, 2005
President Brings Social Security Debate to Falls Church, Darien Bates, Falls Church News Press, May 5-11, 2005
Union Leaders Opposing Private Accounts Act From Self-Interest, John Castellani, Stamford Advocate, Greenwich Time, Watertown Daily Times, April 30, 2005
Opposing Sides Sending Lobbyists Into Battle, Mark Wegner, CongressDailyPM, April 28, 2005
Hill GOP Follows Bush's Lead ; Lawmakers to Focus on Social Security Specifics, Ben Pershing, Roll Call, April 26, 2005
AFL-CIO Stage Nationwide Protests Against Private Accounts in Social Security, Brit Hume, Fox News Channel, March 31, 2004
Bush Brings Social Security Campaign to Ohio, Connie Mabin, The Columbus Dispatch, April 16, 2005
Groups That Clashed on Campaign Are Facing Off Again, Glen Justice, The New York Times, April 12, 2005
Trade Groups Join Bush on Social Security, Tom Hamburger, Los Angeles Times, April 11, 2005
Social Security Debate Changing, Donald Lambro, The Washington Times, March 28, 2005
Building Wealth For All, Herman Caine, Miami Herald, March 26, 2005
VIDEO: Florida Generations Together member interviewed after Representative Alan Boyd’s Town hall meeting
VIDEO: NBC KKCO 11's coverage of event in Mesa County, CO
VIDEO: Western Colorado News Channel 5 coverage of event in Mesa County, CO
Generations Together Update, April 1, 2005
President's visit stirs local debate, Angela Fail and Alvin Peabody, Pensacola News Journal, March 19, 2005.
Don't back down on Social Security reform, various letters to the editor of the Des Moines Register, March 14, 2005.
Two Vexing Problems, One Clear Solution, Sam Beard, The Montgomery Advertiser, March 10 and 11, 2005.
Time for Conservatives to Lead on Social Security, JC Watts, The Shreveport Times, March 10 and 11, 2005.
Social Security drives Davis town meeting, Chuck Hagee, Connection Newspapers, March 10,2005
Pay into Social Security--or let it pay you, op-ed by Generations Together Co-Chair Sam Beard, February 27, 2005.
Bush visit draws supporters, critics of his Social Security plan, The Boston Globe, February 16, 2005.
Letter to the editor of the New Hampshire Union Leader from Generations Together member Ryan Hansen, February 23, 2005.