Welcome!
Welcome to the Save Social Security blog. This blog was established to document exactly where each representative and senator in the 109th Congress stands on Social Security "privatization", a.k.a. Social Security abolition.
UPDATE: Josh Marshall has come up with a better system than this, so I've decided to shut this one down. Thanks to everyone who helped. I've been amazed at the level of support I've gotten, and the volume of e-mails, but I can no longer keep the site going alone. Thanks for your support.
How you can help
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1. Look up all of your Senators and Representatives
2a. Visit your legislator's website and see if they have an "issues" section. If they do, check if they specifically mention Social Security. If they are blatantly supporting privatization or are blatantly against it, we can assume they will support whatever bill goes to Congress.
2b. Call your Legislators, and find out if they are Strongly Against, Leaning Against, On the Fence, Leaning For, or Strongly For Social Security Privatization.
2c. Check mainstream media articles and see if any legislators are blatantly pro- or anti-privatization.
3. Send us your results via
E-Mail. Please use these
guidelines in composing your e-mail.
Your participation is GREATLY appreciated. Thanks for your time.
Michigan
Senate:
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D)
Unknown
Senator Carl Levin (D)
Strongly Against (Thanks to Tom K.)
House:
1 Bart Stupak (D)
Unknown
2 Peter Hoekstra (R)
Unknown
3 Vernon J. Ehlers (R)
Unknown
4 Dave Camp (R)
Unknown
5 Dale E. Kildee (D)
Unknown
6 Fred Upton (R)
Unknown
7 John J. H. ‘‘Joe’’ Schwarz (R)
Unknown
8 Mike Rogers (R)
Unknown
9 Joe Knollenberg (R)
Unknown
10 Candice S. Miller (R)
Unknown
11 Thaddeus G. McCotter (R)
Unknown
12 Sander M. Levin (D)
Strongly Against (Thanks to Frank G.)
13 Carolyn C. Kilpatrick (D)
Unknown
14 John Conyers, Jr. (D)
Unknown
15 John D. Dingell (D)
Unknown
Minnesota
Senate:
Senator Mark Dayton (D)
Unknown
Senator Norm Coleman (R)
Unknown
House:
1 Gil Gutknecht (R)
Unknown
2 John Kline (R)
Unknown
3 Jim Ramstad (R)
Unknown
4 Betty McCollum (D)
Unknown
5 Martin Olav Sabo (D)
Unknown
6 Mark R. Kennedy (R)
Unknown
7 Collin C. Peterson (D)
Unknown
8 James L. Oberstar(D)
Unknown
Mississippi
Senate:
Senator Trent Lott (R)
Unknown
Senator Thad Cochran (R)
Unknown
House:
1 Roger F. Wicker (R)
Unknown
2 Bennie G. Thompson (D)
Unknown
3 Charles W. ‘‘Chip’’ Pickering (R)
Unknown
4 Gene Taylor (D)
Unknown
Missouri
Senate:
Senator Jim Talent (R)
Unknown
Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond (R)
Unknown
House:
1 Wm. Lacy Clay (D)
Unknown
2 W. Todd Akin (R)
Unknown
3 Russ Carnahan (D)
Strongly Against (Thanks to Peter G.)
4 Ike Skelton (D)
Unknown
5 Emanuel Cleaver(D)
Unknown
6 Sam Graves (R)
Unknown
7 Roy Blunt (R)
Unknown
8 Jo Ann Emerson (R)
Unknown
9 Kenny C. Hulshof (R)
Unknown
Montana
Senate:
Senator Conrad Burns (R)
Unknown
Senator Max Baucus (D)
Unknown
House:
1 Dennis R. Rehberg (R)
Unknown
Nebraska
Senate:
Senator Ben Nelson (D)
Unknown
Senator Chuck Hagel (R)
Unknown
House:
1 Jeff Fortenberry (R)
Unknown
2 Lee Terry (R)
Unknown
3 Tom Osborne (R)
Unknown
Nevada
Senate:
Senator John Ensign (R)
Unknown
Senator Harry Reid (D)
Unknown
House:
1 Shelley Berkley (D)
Unknown
2 Jim Gibbons (R)
Unknown
3 Jon C. Porter (R)
Unknown
New Hampshire
Senate:
Senator John E. Sununu (R)
Unknown
Senator Judd Gregg (R)
Unknown
House:
1 Jeb Bradley (R)
Unknown
2 Charles F. Bass (R)
Unknown
New Jersey
Senate:
Senator Jon Corzine (D)
Strongly Against (Thanks to
Jorge)
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D)
Strongly Against (Thanks to
Jorge)
House:
1 Robert E. Andrews (D)
Unknown
2 Frank A. LoBiondo (R)
Unknown
3 Jim Saxton (R)
Unknown
4 Christopher H. Smith (R)
Unknown
5 Scott Garrett (R)
Unknown
6 Frank Pallone, Jr. (D)
Unknown
7 Mike Ferguson (R)
Unknown
8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D)
Unknown
9 Steven R. Rothman (D)
Unknown
10 Donald M. Payne (D)
Unknown
11 Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (R)
Unknown
12 Rush D. Holt (D)
Unknown
13 Robert Menendez (D)
Unknown
New Mexico
Senate:
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D)
Unknown
Senator Pete V. Domenici (R)
Unknown
House:
1 Heather Wilson (R)
Unknown
2 Stevan Pearce (R)
Unknown
3 Tom Udall (D)
Unknown
New York
Senate:
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)
Strongly Against - "There are
several key reasons why replacing Social Security with a
privatized system would be harmful for Americans..." (Thanks to Mary S.)
Senator Chuck E. Schumer (D)
Strongly Against (Thanks to Rox A.)
House:
1 Timothy H. Bishop (D)
Unknown
2 Steve Israel (D)
Unknown
3 Peter T. King (R)
Unknown
4 Carolyn McCarthy (D)
Unknown
5 Gary L. Ackerman (D)
Unknown
6 Gregory W. Meeks (D)
Unknown
7 Joseph Crowley (D)
Unknown
8 Jerrold Nadler (D)
Unknown
9 Anthony D. Weiner (D)
Unknown
10 Edolphus Towns (D)
Strongly Against - "Opposes it, and they said he was “disturbed” by some of Bush’s comments on it today." (Thanks to Rox A.)
11 Major R. Owens (D)
Unknown
12 Nydia M. Velazquez (D)
Unknown
13 Vito Fossella (R)
Unknown
14 Carolyn B. Maloney (D)
Unknown
15 Charles B. Rangel (D)
Unknown
16 Jose´ E. Serrano (D)
Unknown
17 Eliot L. Engel (D)
Unknown
18 Nita M. Lowey (D)
Unknown
19 Sue W. Kelly (R)
Unknown
20 John E. Sweeney (R)
Unknown
21 Michael R. McNulty (D)
Unknown
22 Maurice D. Hinchey (D)
Unknown
23 John M. McHugh (R)
Unknown
24 Sherwood Boehlert (R)
Unknown
25 James T. Walsh (R)
Unknown
26 Thomas M. Reynolds (R)
Unknown
27 Brian Higgins (D)
Unknown
28 Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D)
Unknown
29 John R. ‘‘Randy’’ Kuhl, Jr. (R)
Unknown
North Carolina
Senate:
Senator Elizabeth H. Dole (R)
Unknown
Senator Richard M. Burr (R)
Unknown
House:
1 G. K. Butterfield (D)
Unknown
2 Bob Etheridge (D)
Unknown
3 Walter B. Jones (R)
Unknown
4 David E. Price (D)
Strongly Against (Thanks to Tom G.)
5 Virginia Foxx (R)
Unknown
6 Howard Coble (R)
Unknown
7 Mike McIntyre (D)
Unknown
8 Robin Hayes (R)
Unknown
9 Sue Wilkins Myrick (R)
Unknown
10 Patrick T. McHenry (R)
Unknown
11 Charles H. Taylor (R)
Unknown
12 Melvin L. Watt (D)
Unknown
13 Brad Miller (D)
Unknown
North Dakota
Senate:
Senator Kent Conrad (D)
Unknown
Senator Byron L. Dorgan (D)
Unknown
House:
1 Earl Pomeroy (D)
Unknown
Ohio
Senate:
Senator Mike DeWine (R)
Unknown
Senator George V. Voinovich (R)
Unknown
House:
1 Steve Chabot (R)
Unknown
2 Rob Portman (R)
Unknown
3 Michael R. Turner (R)
Unknown
4 Michael G. Oxley (R)
Unknown
5 Paul E. Gillmor (R)
Unknown
6 Ted Strickland (D)
Unknown
7 David L. Hobson (R)
Unknown
8 John A. Boehner (R)
Unknown
9 Marcy Kaptur (D)
Unknown
10 Dennis J. Kucinich (D)
Unknown
11 Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D)
Unknown
12 Patrick J. Tiberi (R)
Unknown
13 Sherrod Brown (D)
Unknown
14 Steven C. LaTourette (R)
Unknown
15 Deborah Pryce (R)
Unknown
16 Ralph Regula (R)
Unknown
17 Tim Ryan (D)
Unknown
18 Robert W. Ney (R)
Unknown
Oklahoma
Senate:
Senator James M. Inhofe (R)
Unknown
Senator Tom Coburn (R)
Unknown
House:
1 John Sullivan (R)
Unknown
2 Dan Boren (D)
Unknown
3 Frank D. Lucas (R)
Unknown
4 Tom Cole (R)
Unknown
5 Ernest J. Istook, Jr. (R)
Unknown
Oregon
Senate:
Senator Gordon H. Smith (R)
On the Fence - "Recognizes the need for some
kind of reform, but has not decided on either the measure or the depth of the
fix required" (Thanks to Mark B.)
Senator Ron Wyden (D)
Strongly Against - "He believes the health care crisis
is far more pressing than any in Social Security." (Thanks to Mark B.)
House:
1 David Wu (D)
Unknown
2 Greg Walden (R)
Unknown
3 Earl Blumenauer (D)
Unknown
4 Peter A. DeFazio (D)
Unknown
5 Darlene Hooley (D)
Unknown
Pennsylvania
Senate:
Senator Rick Santorum (R)
Unknown
Senator Arlen Specter (R)
Leaning Against (Thanks to Tim)
House:
1 Robert A. Brady (D)
Unknown
2 Chaka Fattah (D)
Unknown
3 Phil English (R)
Unknown
4 Melissa A. Hart (R)
Unknown
5 John E. Peterson (R)
Unknown
6 Jim Gerlach (R)
Unknown
7 Curt Weldon (R)
Unknown
8 Michael G. Fitzpatrick (R)
Unknown
9 Bill Shuster (R)
Unknown
10 Don Sherwood (R)
Unknown
11 Paul E. Kanjorski (D)
Unknown
12 John P. Murtha (D)
Unknown
13 Allyson Y. Schwartz (D)
Unknown
14 Michael F. Doyle (D)
Unknown
15 Charles W. Dent (R)
Unknown
16 Joseph R. Pitts (R)
Unknown
17 Tim Holden (D)
Unknown
18 Tim Murphy (R)
Unknown
19 Todd Russell Platts (R)
Unknown
Rhode Island
Senate:
Senator Lincoln D. Chafee (R)
Unknown
Senator John F. "Jack" Reed (D)
Strongly Against - "I do not believe that Social Security should be
privatized." (Thanks to Willis B.)
House:
1 Patrick J. Kennedy (D)
Unknown
2 James R. Langevin (D)
Unknown
South Carolina
Senate:
Senator Lindsey Graham (R)
Unknown
Senator Jim DeMint (R)
Unknown
House:
1 Henry E. Brown, Jr. (R)
Unknown
2 Joe Wilson (R)
Unknown
3 J. Gresham Barrett (R)
Unknown
4 Bob Inglis (R)
Unknown
5 John M. Spratt, Jr. (D)
Unknown
6 James E. Clyburn (D)
Unknown
South Dakota
Senate:
Senator Tim Johnson (D)
Unknown
Senator John Thune (R)
Unknown
House:
Stephanie Herseth (D)
Unknown
Tennessee
Senate:
Senator Bill Frist (R)
Unknown
Senator Lamar Alexander (R)
Unknown
House:
1 William L. Jenkins (R)
Unknown
2 John J. Duncan, Jr. (R)
Unknown
3 Zach Wamp (R)
Unknown
4 Lincoln Davis (D)
Unknown
5 Jim Cooper (D)
Unknown
6 Bart Gordon (D)
Unknown
7 Marsha Blackburn (R)
Unknown
8 John S. Tanner (D)
Unknown
9 Harold E. Ford, Jr. (D)
Unknown
Texas
Senate:
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)
Unknown
Senator John Cornyn (R)
Unknown
House:
1 Louie Gohmert (R)
Unknown
2 Ted Poe (R)
Unknown
3 Sam Johnson (R)
Unknown
4 Ralph M. Hall (R)
Unknown
5 Jeb Hensarling (R)
Unknown
6 Joe Barton (R)
Unknown
7 John Abney Culberson (R)
Unknown
8 Kevin Brady (R)
Unknown
9 Al Green (D)
Unknown
10 Michael T. McCaul (R)
Unknown
11 K. Michael Conaway (R)
Unknown
12 Kay Granger (R)
Unknown
13 Mac Thornberry (R)
Unknown
14 Ron Paul (R)
Unknown
15 Ruben Hinojosa (D)
Unknown
16 Silvestre Reyes (D)
Unknown
17 Chet Edwards (D)
Unknown
18 Sheila Jackson-Lee (D)
Strongly Against (Thanks to Josh M.)
19 Randy Neugebauer (R)
Unknown
20 Charles A. Gonzalez (D)
Unknown
21 Lamar S. Smith (R)
Unknown
22 Tom DeLay (R)
Unknown
23 Henry Bonilla (R)
Unknown
24 Kenny Marchant (R)
Unknown
25 Lloyd Doggett (D)
Unknown
26 Michael C. Burgess (R)
Unknown
27 Solomon P. Ortiz (D)
Unknown
28 Henry Cuellar (D)
Unknown
29 Gene Green (D)
Unknown
30 Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)
Unknown
31 John R. Carter (R)
Unknown
32 Pete Sessions (R)
Unknown
Utah
Senate:
Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R)
Strongly For
Senator Robert F. Bennett (R)
Unknown
House:
1 Rob Bishop (R)
Unknown
2 Jim Matheson (D)
Unknown
3 Chris Cannon (R)
Unknown
Vermont
Senate:
Senator Jim Jeffords (I)
Unknown
Senator Patrick Leahy (D)
Unknown
House:
1 Bernard Sanders (I)
Unknown
Virginia
Senate:
Senator George F. Allen (R)
Unknown
Senator John W. Warner (R)
Unknown
House:
1 Jo Ann Davis (R)
Unknown
2 Thelma D. Drake (R)
Unknown
3 Robert C. Scott (D)
Unknown
4 J. Randy Forbes (R)
Unknown
5 Virgil H. Goode, Jr. (R)
Unknown
6 Bob Goodlatte (R)
Unknown
7 Eric Cantor (R)
Unknown
8 James P. Moran (D)
Unknown
9 Rick Boucher (D)
Unknown
10 Frank R. Wolf (R)
Unknown
11 Tom Davis (R)
Unknown
Washington
Senate:
Senator Maria Cantwell (D)
Strongly Against (Thanks to Timi K.)
Senator Patty Murray (D)
Strongly Against (Thanks to Jane J.)
House:
1 Jay Inslee (D)
Unknown
2 Rick Larsen (D)
Unknown
3 Brian Baird (D)
Unknown
4 Doc Hastings (R)
Strongly For (Thanks to Timi K.)
5 Cathy McMorris (R)
Unknown
6 Norman D. Dicks (D)
Unknown
7 Jim McDermott (D)
Unknown
8 David G. Reichart (R)
Unknown
9 Adam Smith (D)
Unknown
West Virginia
Senate:
Senator Robert C. Byrd (D)
Unknown
Senator John D. "Jay" Rockefeller, IV (D)
Unknown
House:
1 Alan B. Mollohan (D)
Unknown
2 Shelley Moore Capito (R)
Unknown
3 Nick J. Rahall II (D)
Unknown
Wisconsin
Senate:
Senator Herbert H. Kohl (D)
Unknown
Senator Russ Feingold (D)
Unknown
House:
1 Paul Ryan (R)
Unknown
2 Tammy Baldwin (D)
Unknown
3 Ron Kind (D)
Unknown
4 Gwen Moore (D)
Unknown
5 F. James Steinbrenner, Jr. (R)
Unknown
6 Thomas E. Petri (R)
Unknown
7 David R. Obey (D)
Unknown
8 Mark Green (R)
Unknown
Wyoming
Senate:
Senator Craig Thomas (R)
Unknown
Senator Michael B. Enzi (R)
Unknown
House:
1 Barbara Cubin (R)
Unknown
Guidelines
Here's the info we need:
If you find the information via the candidate's website...
1. Your inference from the site, is the legislator Strongly Against, Leaning Against, On the Fence, Leaning For, or Strongly For Social Security Privatization?
2. A link to the article
3. Legislator's Name and District/State
If you called your legislators...
1. What is the legislator's stance on Social Security Privatization: Strongly Against, Leaning Against, On the Fence, Leaning For, or Strongly For?
2. Legislator's Name and District/State
If you find the information via the media or the candidate's website...
1. Your inference from the article, is the legislator Strongly Against, Leaning Against, On the Fence, Leaning For, or Strongly For Social Security Privatization?
2. A link to the article
3. Legislator's Name and District/State
Once again, we appreciate your hard work and hope to get the database fully online as soon as possible.