Reply #18: Take time to read all of the Alternet article.

[madfloridian]

http://www.alternet.org/story/146183/obama_packs_debt_commission_with_social_security_looters?page=entire

"After the defeat of the Conrad-Gregg commission, groups defending Social Security had little time to rejoice before Obama resuscitated the plan, creating the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform by executive order. While the Commission's proposals will not be limited to an up or down vote in Congress, it's otherwise exactly as Conrad-Gregg envisioned, and Pelosi and Reid have promised to put them to a vote before the end of the current session of Congress."

Does this commission have powers beyond congress? Not sure.