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Former Senator Donald W. Riegle, Democrat, represented Michigan for 18 years in the US Senate and 10 years in the House of Representatives. In the Senate, Riegle served on the Finance Committee, the Budget Committee, the Labor and Human Resources Committee, the Commerce Committee, and the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, where he served as Chairman for six years.

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Pay Back the Money Borrowed From Social Security

Posted April 5, 2011 | 17:02:32 (EST)

Throughout its 75 year history, Social Security has provided critical economic security to millions of retirees, families, children and the disabled. Social Security is paid for by the dedicated contributions of workers and their employers, has administrative costs of less than one percent, and since it cannot borrow to fund...

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What A Jobless Recovery Today Means For Tomorrow?

Posted August 17, 2009 | 22:57:05 (EST)

The three of us -- the president of the United Steelworkers from Pittsburgh, a Corporate CEO now living in New York, and the former senior U.S. Senator from Michigan -- wrote in this space on August 5 about the jobless economic recovery we believe the nation is in, one...

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It's All About Jobs!

Posted August 5, 2009 | 12:52:44 (EST)

What brings together the President of the United Steelworkers from Pittsburgh, a Corporate CEO now living in New York, and the former senior U.S. Senator from Michigan?

It's all about jobs -- and the urgent need for millions of new ones.

While President Obama has spoken forcefully about...

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