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<url><loc>https://herbweiss.blog/2026/08/17/senate-finance-panel-begins-discussion-on-fixing-social-security/</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Herb  Weiss</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-18T02:53:41+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>Senate Finance Panel Begins Discussion on Fixing Social Security</news:title><news:keywords>AARP, Congress, Nancy A. LeaMond, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, NCPSSM, Max Richtman, Social Security payroll tax, National Academy of Social Insurance, National Institute on Retirement Security, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ponzi scheme, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, CRFB, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Senate Finance Panel, fixing Social Security, Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, insolvency, 2026 Social Security Trustees Report, Marc Goldwein, Exploring Process Approaches for Addressing Social Security Solvency, SenatorMike Crapo (R-Idaho), OASI Trust Fund, Social Security Amendments of 1983, PresidentRonald Reagan, bipartisan legislation, biartisan fiscal commission, Greenspan Commission, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La), Democratic, Repubicans, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Sen. SheldonWhitehouse, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sen. Bernie Sandsers (I-Vt), Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla), Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev), taxation of benefits, expanding the payroll tax base, workforce participation, Charles Blahous, Mercatus Center, Rebecca D. Vallas</news:keywords></news:news></url></urlset>