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Article: DNC: Do New Hampshire Republicans Support Bush Social Security Cuts?
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- February 8, 2006
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As President Bush heads to
New Hampshire today, the Associated Press is reporting that the
President's proposed budget would eliminate the Social Security death
benefit provided to widows and widowers who were living with the
deceased at the time of his or her death. The president's budget --
released earlier this week -- has been panned by Democrats and
Republicans alike for putting important domestic programs like Social
Security on the chopping block. According to the Social Security
Administration, 17,566 New Hampshire children and 16,980 widows and
widowers received monthly Social Security survivor benefits in 2004.
The president's proposed budget ...