Although entitlement reform has fallen off the congressional agenda in past years and has been mostly ignored during the presidential campaign, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce hasn’t forgotten.

The Chamber, the biggest business lobby in Washington, is laying down a marker for future negotiations over Social Security reform by signaling interest in legislation to shore up the safety net program recently introduced by a bipartisan group of U.S. representatives.

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