Will Congress answer the public's call for action?

[Carolyn Lukensmeyer <carolyn@adss.org>]

   I feel it is important to address the following question shared by 
many of us monitoring the Social Security discussion:

   Monday's Washington Post reports that Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott 
specifically stated the previous day that there will be no action on 
Social Security this year.  

   However, recent poll data indicate that the public feels that solving 
Social Security's problems should be at the top of the list of domestic 
priorities and that it should be done in a bipartisan way.  

   Will it be possible for Congress to meet the public's desires for 
bipartisan Social Security reform in 1999?