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Congress Can't Dodge Social Security Disability Insurance Trust Fund's Approaching Insolvency | Commentary  By Jim Kolbe and Charlie Stenholm As if stirring, like Rip Van Winkle, from a 20-year snooze, Congress is finally awakened to the teetering finances of the Social Security's disability program. Better late than never, but policymakers have known for years that this day would arrive -- and it has. Full story Why a Fired Fire Chief Got on Capitol Hill's Radar  By David Hawkings The firing of Atlanta's fire chief has already become a flashpoint in the debate over how to balance the religious beliefs of public officials against the civil rights of their constituents. Now the argument has spread to the Capitol -- prompting questions about proper congressional roles in local controversies, especially when statewide electoral and legislative consequences lie just below the surface. Full story SPONSORED CONTENT The Fight Against Fraud Meeting the cyberfraud challenge, which extends across multiple industries and sectors of our economy, is bigger than any one of us. No single company, industry or government alone can solve this problem. Facing this bold and sophisticated adversary, we need to take a concerted and collaborative effort to combat this problem. As the Pell International Center’s Cybersecurity Project has observed, we must do more as a nation “so that the United States, as a society, is prepared for the threats of the modern world.”  Full story Solving the Password Problem | Commentary A Buzz in Congress: Congress Needs to Investigate EPA’s Anti-Farmer, Pseudo-Science Agenda | Commentary Working Together: The Only Approach to Prescription Abuse | Commentary