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Bill would ax FEHBP in favor of Affordable Care Act plan

Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) introduced legislation to require federal employees, the president, vice president and members of Congress to use insurance under the Affordable Care Act instead of the current federal program.

Tags: pay and benefits , FEHBP , Affordable Care Act , Congress , Simpson-Bowles , Jason Miller

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Obama finally scores coveted win on payroll tax

Tags: Congress , pay and benefits , House , Senate , payroll tax cut , Chris Van Hollen , Max Baucus

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Federal unions claim sneak attack in unemployment insurance deal

Two federal unions, the American Federation of Government Employees and the National Treasury Employees Union, say lawmakers removed the increase in federal employee contributions from the payroll tax extension, but added it to the unemployment insurance extension, which is part of the overall deal. The unions say if the provision becomes law, feds would see a pay decrease while everyone else would see an increase.

Tags: pay and benefits , benefits , retirement , retirement contribution , workforce , NTEU , AFGE , John Gage , Harry Reid , Colleen Kelley , Jason Miller

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House GOP have backup on payroll tax

Tags: payroll tax cut , federal pay freeze , Congress , House , Senate , pay and benefits

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IRS audit knocks 14 percent off of $450 billion owed in upaid taxes

Following IRS audits and other enforcement efforts, non-compliance in 2006 shrank to 14 percent, which left the final amount of unpaid taxes at $385 billion.

Tags: IRS , taxes , Michelle Dimarob , Congress

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CBO finds cancelling vendor withholding would increase deficit

The bill to repeal a requirement that governments withhold some payments to vendors would add more than $11 billion to the deficit, according the Congressional Budget Office. A key House committee has already passed the bill.

Tags: CBO , acquisition policy , contracting , House Ways and Means Committee , Ruben Gomez , TechAmerica , Olga Grkavac , industry , withholding fee , Congress

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