Entitlement Panel Legislation Unlikely This Year
by Craig Jennings, 5/13/2008
CQ reports ($) that Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) has cast serious doubt on the probability that legislation to create a commission to look at Social Security and Medicare reform will make any progress this year. Conrad had hoped to have a committee markup for the Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action Act of 2007 (S.
S 2063), but has been convinced there is scant appetite in Congress for any such measures.