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        <fullName>Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Social Security Right To Know Act - Amends the Social Security Act to require Social Security account statements to contain additional information, such as: (1) a statement of the current Social Security tax rates applicable to wages and self-employment income, including an indication of the combined total of such rates of employee and employer taxes with respect to wages; and (2) a comparison of total annual Social Security tax inflows with the total annual benefits paid. </p>]]></text>
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