NEWSDAY: Not enough money to go around December 2, 2001
			TUFF: How Convenient using "on"--"off"--and "unified" budgets December 3, 2001
			WASHINGTON POST: Raising the debt ceiling December 4, 2001
			SEATTLE TIMES: More on debt ceiling plus other tidbits December 4, 2001
			ASSOCIATED PRESS: The politics of raising the debt limit December 5, 2001
			TUFF: Debt Ceiling just the tip of the iceberg December 6, 2001
			KANSAS CITY STAR: Jerry Heister also sums it up. December 6, 2001
			NY POST: Where the Co-Chair of the Commission stands & other bugaboos December 4, 2001
			WASHINGTON TIMES: Requiem For Bipartisanship December 5, 2001
			LA TIMES: Beware the Payroll Tax Cut --- Booga, Booga December 6, 2001
			WASHINGTON POST: Is this a preview of the commission report? December 10, 2001
			AP: President's Commission report is ready December 12, 2001
			NEW YORK TIMES: Editorial on the Commission Report December 12, 2001
			WASHINGTON POST: More on the Commission Report December 12, 2001
			USA TODAY: The democratic position on the report December 12, 2001
			WASHINGTON POST: Money From Where? December 13, 2001
			NEWSDAY: Delay Will Make It Harder to Rescue Social Security December 13, 2001
			CHATANOOGA TIMES: Clay & DeMint introduce 2 new bills December 14, 2001
			ATLANTA JOURNAL: No Benefit Cuts or Tax Hikes with Clay plan December 14, 2001
			BULLETIN FRONTRUNNER: Clay bill -- see comment at bottom December 14, 2001
			TUFF: Snowman Poop -- From the President's Commission December 15, 2001
			THE REPORT -- from the President's Commission on Soc. Sec.(PDF) December 15, 2001
			NEW YORK TIMES: Government Fiddles and Economy Burns December 15, 2001
			MILWAUKEE JOURNAL: Report ignores big losses December 15, 2001
			SEATTLE POST: Payroll Tax Vacation a Gimmick December 18, 2001
			MIAMI HERALD: Withdrawing from ABM Treaty a Bad Idea December 19, 2001
			LA TIMES: Deriving Social Security from the stock market December 20, 2001
			NEW YORK TIMES: Many depend on Social Security December 20, 2001
			FT.LAUD-SUN-SENTINEL: Proposes getting rid of tax cap December 21, 2001
			USA TODAY: Criticizes the Commission on the wrong points. December 21, 2001
			WASHINGTON POST: Congress closes with little done December 21, 2001
		DESERET NEWS: Railroad workers get what others cannot December 21, 2001
	NY RADIO: Rangel Rants on Democratic Stance December 22, 2001
	TUFF: Good News, Bad News -- get a little, give a lot December 23, 2001
	AP: Budget Surplus Dwindling -- Democratic Lies December 24, 2001
	LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Gene Deragon in South Carolina December 26, 2001
	FORT WORTH STAR: Another nit-wit scare story December 27, 2001
	NEW YORK TIMES: No Help for Social Security December 27, 2001
	WASHINGTON TIMES: Still the Third Rail December 28, 2001
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