That surplus is expected to end as early as 2015, and force Social Security to dip into other sources of government revenues to pay retirees.

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Democrats argued that Bush's broad energy plan would force the government to dip into the federal budget surplus, or the Medicare and Social Security trust funds, which, they predict, will be strained enough by increased numbers of beneficiaries in the next few years.

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