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NARFE concerned with provisions in House payroll tax cut bill
Julie Tagen, legislative director for the National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees, told Federal News Radio that certain provisions in the bill would affect federal employees.
Tags: Julie Tagen , NARFE , payroll tax cut , Congress , Senate , retirement , FERS , Social Security , CSRS
Finally, some bipartisanship _ oops, nevermind
Tags: Congress , Senate , Mitch McConnell , John Boehner , Social Security , tax cut , Scott Brown , Tom Read , payroll tax cut
Investigators say 4 Reps got discounted loans
Congress moves toward standoff over payroll tax
Tags: Congress , payroll tax cut , pay and benefits , pay freeze , Pensions , high 3 , high 5
Analysis: Dems hope for campaign edge on tax issue
Tags: Congress , Senate , Social Security , payroll tax cut , Charles Schumer , Rick Santorum , Michele Bachmann , Eric Cantor
Senate clears FY2012 spending bill, sends to President
The Senate passed the megabus spending bill by a vote of 67-32 Saturday.
Tags: Congress , budget , Senate
Federal pay freeze still on table in payroll tax cut talks?
Federal employees were safe from another year of a pay freeze and changes to their annuity formula in the two-month payroll tax cut bill passed by the Senate this weekend. But now House Republican leaders are shunning the bipartisan bill, wanting to write their own version.
Tags: Congress , Senate , pay and benefits , retirement , payroll tax cut , budget
Feds' pay, pensions safe in payroll tax cut extension
Federal employees have dodged a bullet...for now. Congress will not freeze federal pay or change the annuity formula to pay for the two-month extension of the payroll tax cut.
Tags: payroll tax cut , Congress , Senate , pay and benefits , pay , benefits , high 3 , high 5 , Pensions
Obama signs stopgap measure, awaits spending bill
President Barack Obama has signed a 24-hour stopgap spending measure to keep the government operating as he awaits Senate action on a $1 trillion spending bill.
Tags: Congress , Senate , continuing resolution , Barack Obama
Congress' year-end to-do list
Before this weekend, Congress has three major to-do items on its agenda: the $1 trillion spending bill, the defense authorization bill and the payroll tax cut extension.
Tags: budget , Congress , Senate , payroll tax
