Ahhhh, ye olde flippity-floppity …
Last week Speaker Denny Hastert told National Journal that it might not be possible to get a phase-out bill passed this year.
“Politically,” he said, “we probably need to get something done by next spring, a year from now. You can’t carry it right up to an election. That’s just political dynamite.”
Today, Hastert’s spokesman Ron Bonjean tells Roll Call they took the Speaker’s words out of context: “The Speaker wants to get Social Security done by the end of this year. Itâs not like heâs doubtful we can get it done this year.â
