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Senate Panel Studies Social Security Proposals

The Senate Finance Committee begins to examine ways to fix Social Security's long-term financing problems.

Four plans were presented Tuesday on Capitol Hill. Outside, hundreds of union members protested, and some Democratic lawmakers railed against President Bush's proposal of privatizing the entitlement program.

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NPR News' Brian Naylor is a correspondent on the Washington Desk. In this role, he covers politics and federal agencies.
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