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Detroit Free Press: “A survey of Michigan’s congressional delegation shows that at least four of nine Republicans in the U.S. House are withholding endorsement of Bush’s proposed personal accounts that would allow taxpayers to invest up to 4 percent of their payroll taxes that now go toward social security.”

And apparently one of those four, Rep. Thaddeus McCotter is in the Caucus and Loud and Proud. Says the Free Press: “Opposes Bush’s plan of diverting payroll taxes into personal accounts. That plan takes money from the payroll tax, which normally goes to the Social Security trust fund and diverts it to personal accounts for investment. The Social Security pot would shrink, McCotter says.”

Late Update: The other three Republicans in the Michigan House delegations are Rep. Candice Miller, Rep. Mike Rogers and Rep. Joe Schwarz. Schwarz is already in the Caucus. But from the descriptions given here in the Free Press run-down it’s not yet clear that Miller and Rogers are fully Caucus-worthy. Like we said, the standards for admission are getting tighter! Otherwise we’d end up with most of the House Republicans in there. If you’ve seen statements by Miller and Rogers which make them true Caucus material, let us know.

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