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To: KLP who wrote (96830)	1/26/2005 3:44:43 AM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) of 793755

Ted Kennedy has viewed the SS tax as a government entitlement for a very long time. Every time a vote has come up in the Senate to find solutions to the retirement dilemma that American citizens wrestle with he's opposed them. He just can't keep his grubby paws out of our pocket book. M Ted Kennedy on Social Security Voted NO on Social Security Lockbox & limiting national debt. This vote limited debate on the amendment offered by Sen. Abraham (R-MI) that would have created a Social Security "lockbox" and establish limits on the public debt. [A YES vote was for a lockbox]. This vote failed because 3/5 of the Senate did not vote. Status: Cloture Motion Rejected Y)54; N)45; NV)1 Reference: Motion to invoke cloture on Amdt #254 to S. 557; Bill S. 557 ; vote number 1999-90 on Apr 22, 1999 Voted NO on allowing Roth IRAs for retirees. Senator Roth (R-DE) offered this amendment to the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act to allow people older than 70.5 with incomes over $100,000 to move funds from an Individual Retirement Account into a Roth IRA. Status: Amdt Agreed to Y)56; N)42; NV)2 Reference: Roth Amdt #2339; Bill H.R. 2676 ; vote number 1998-120 on May 6, 1998 Voted NO on allowing personal retirement accounts. Vote on an amendment expressing the sense of the Senate that the Finance Committee should consider legislation to use the federal budget surplus to establish personal retirement accounts as a supplement to Social Security. Bill S.Con.Res.86 ; vote number 1998-56 on Apr 1, 1998 Voted NO on deducting Social Security payments on income taxes. Vote on an amendment to establish an income tax deduction for Social Security taxes paid by employees and the self-employed. Bill S Con Res 57 ; vote number 1996-140 on May 22, 1996 Rated 89% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record. Kennedy scores 89% by the ARA on senior issues The mission of the Alliance for Retired Americans is to ensure social and economic justice and full civil rights for all citizens so that they may enjoy lives of dignity, personal and family fulfillment and security. The Alliance believes that all older and retired persons have a responsibility to strive to create a society that incorporates these goals and rights and that retirement provides them with opportunities to pursue new and expanded activities with their unions, civic organizations and their communities. The following ratings are based on the votes the organization considered most important; the numbers reflect the percentage of time the representative voted the organization's preferred position. issues2000.org

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