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Members of Congress will soon have the opportunity to grantlow-income District of Columbia families the chance to choose wheretheir children attend school. If every Member who uses privateschools votes to give disadvantaged D.C. families the same access,the legislation will pass. In the past three years, every piece ofparental choice legislation would have passed if those whoexercised choice in their own families had voted with supporters ofschool choice.

Assessing the Patients' Bill of RightsPanel discussion with Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D., John S. Hoff, andRobert Charrow.

Most summaries and studies examine Social Security reform from theviewpoint of federal budget impact, tax rates, and thesurvivability of the system, but few consider the overall impact ofreform on the workers it was designed to benefit. Social Securityshould not be reformed or "saved" for its own sake, but only if itmore effectively provides the benefits workers need at a price theycan afford.

South Carolina’s congressional delegation has increasingly embraced the state’s free trade roots. The benefits that international trade and investment bring to South Carolina are overwhelming.

Congress can and should provide senior citizens with assurance thatthey have nothing to fear from Social Security reform byguaranteeing their benefits in writing.