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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (4513)	2/28/2004 8:52:37 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Respond to of 81568

Resolution for Constitutional Amendment to Protect Social Security Resolution pushes to protect Social Security benefits By Andy Kanengiser akanengiser@clarionledger.com Congress should pass a constitutional amendment to protect Social Security benefits, 70 Mississippi House members said in a resolution introduced Thursday. Lawmakers lined up to co-sponsor House Resolution 37, a day after Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan asked Congress to cut the growth of Social Security and Medicare. "I'm worried about it (Social Security)," said Rep. May Whittington, D-Schlater, who signed the one-page resolution before the House Rules Committee. "I hope they (Congress) pay attention." If the full House approves the resolution, it will be sent to Congress to show concern about any possible cuts. Rep. J.P. Compretta, D-Bay St. Louis, the House speaker pro tempore, who added his name, agrees. "They should not cut something that's been promised." Compretta said Thursday he expects the resolution authored by Rep. Tommy Reynolds, D-Charleston, will be expedited and move to the full House for a floor vote. In calling for the constitutional amendment, the House resolution says the Social Security Act and the benefits it promises to millions of working and retired Americans are a "sacred and solemn compact which must not be allowed to be violated." Rep. Greg Snowden, R-Meridian, didn't sign the document, saying "I have every confidence that Congress and Greenspan will deal with it." On Wednesday, Greenspan repeated recommendations to reduce benefits for future retirees, including a delay in the Social Security retirement age, already scheduled to rise to 67 during the next two decades. Greenspan called for the steps to help address problems with America's projected $521 billion deficit and rising long-term interest rates.