See the letter above signed by 43 Senators urging that Social Security's operating budget by about $400 million above the President's recommendation. The following is the list of Senators who signed, with members of the Appropriations Committee highlighted:

Akaka (D-HI)

Baucus (D-MT)

Bayh (D-IN)

Biden (D-DE)

Bingaman (D-NM)

Boxer (D-CA)

Brown (D-OH)

Cantwell (D-WA)

Cardin (D-MD)

Casey (D-PA)

Clinton (D-NY)

Coleman (R-MN)

Collins (R-ME)

Conrad (D-ND)

Dodd (D-CT)

Dole (R-NC)

Dorgan (D-ND)

Durbin (D-IL)

Enzi (R-WY)

Feingold (D-WI)

Hagel (R-NE)

Kennedy (D-MA)

Kerry (D-MA)

Kohl (D-WI)

Levin (D-MI)

Liberman (I-CT)

Lincoln (D-AR)

Menendez (D-NJ)

Mikulski (D-MD)

Nelson, Bill (D-FL)

Obama (D-IL)

Pryor (D-AR)

Reed (D-RI)

Rockefeller (D-WV)

Salazar (D-CO)

Schumer (D-NY)

Smith (R-OR)

Snowe (R-ME)

Stabenow (D-MI)

Tester (D-MT)

Voinovich (R-OH)

Whitehouse (D-RI)

Wyden (D-OR)