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Yesterday, former President Bush validated what Democrats have been warning against for months: Congressional Republicans want to return to the "exact same agenda" to privatize Social Security and hand it over to Wall Street.

According to a new NBC/WSJ poll released this week:

By a 46-point margin, Americans say they are concerned about outside groups that are running ads funded by secret donors (72% to 26%).

Nearly seven in 10 Americans - 68% to 22% – say Congressional Republicans are more concerned about large corporations than about the interests of average Americans.

"Exact same agenda"—you bet.

Today:

Today, three new studies were released examining the impact of Republican Social Security privatization plans. All three reports find privatizing Social Security and turning it over to the whims of Wall Street, would cut Social Security benefits for seniors.

Next month, the House will vote on the Seniors Protection Act of 2010 (HR 5987) to provide 54 million seniors with a one-time payment of $250 in light of last week's announcement that there will be no automatic Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for America's seniors in 2011.

Congressional Republicans are trying to distance themselves from the plan by Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) to privatize Medicare and turn it over to insurance companies, but they can't hide from their voting record—here are the facts:

Shadowy front groups headed up by Republican operatives and funded by secret corporate donors are supporting the GOP and their special interest agenda—shipping good-paying American jobs overseas, turning Social Security over to Wall Street, and turning Medicare over to the insurance companies.

Secret money from corporate special interests—that favor shipping American jobs overseas, turning Social Security over to Wall Street, and turning Medicare over to the insurance companies—is funding the Congressional Republican agenda.