Leaders of President Barack Obama's bipartisan deficit commission are proposing to reduce the annual cost-of-living increases in Social Security. It's part of a sweeping proposal to wrestle $1 trillion-plus budget deficits under control. Full story
[Bloomberg] -- Alice M. Rivlin, the grande dame of budget politics, is trying to pull off the Washington equivalent of a triple backflip off the high board. Appointed by President Barack Obama to the bipartisan commission named to recommend ways to rein in the runaway deficit, the 79-year-old says Full story
Candidates in Pennsylvania's closely contested race for U.S. Senate jousted over bailouts, terrorist trials and Social Security in their first debate Wednesday while accusing each other of dishonesty and being beholden to big backers. Full story
Democrats are making a pre-election pitch to give Social Security recipients a one-time payment of $250, part of an effort to lure senior voters. Full story
[Bloomberg] -- Tea Party activists, once on the fringe of the Republican mainstream, are fueling the party's momentum in the midterm elections, a Bloomberg National poll shows. Four of five Tea Party supporters who say they plan to vote in the November congressional elections will back Republicans Full story
WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama saidon Thursday he favored raising more revenue for Social Securityto prolong the solvency of the U.S. retirement fund, ratherthan just cutting benefits or making people work longer. Full story
Rachel Maddow asks Democratic Senate candidate Chris Coons about his politics, his opponent Christine O’Donnell, and what he’s hearing from Delawareans.
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky talks with Rachel Maddow about the Democratic strategy for the 2010 elections and the use of the threat to women's reproductive rights as a means of motivating women voters to the polls.
Rachel Maddow reveals her favorite Democratic political ad of the season: Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson's ad calling out her Republican opponent for threatening to privatize Social Security.
The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows signs that the Democrats may be closing the enthusiasm gap. MSNBC Political Analyst Howard Fineman of Newsweek and Politico columnist Roger Simon take a look at the numbers.
Rachel Maddow demonstrates that privatizing VA care is a Republican priority and talks with Iraq War veteran, Congressman Patrick Murphy about why Democrats aren't making more of an issue of the Republican war on popular government programs.
FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2005 file photo, trays of printed social security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia. The trustees for Social Security and Medicare are scheduled to provide their annual report on the finances of both progr
FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2005 file photo, trays of printed social security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia. The trustees for Social Security and Medicare are scheduled to provide their annual report on the finances of both progr
