Kent Conrad: “Has the Parliamentarian made an actual ruling with respect to the Byrd rule? The PRESIDING OFFICER. No.”

I have seen retired schoolteachers have to go back to work in their 70's after their husbands have died or their wives have died.

You make very good points, by the way.

We all know that Social Security is going to have to be dealt with, or we are going to face by 2034 at the latest--many of us believe it will be earlier than that---an across-the-board 23-percent cut.

Fully 64 percent of the American people said they were worried about not having enough money for retirement.