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Senate passes highway bill, including 'phased retirements,' transit subsidy
The Senate voted Wednesday to overhaul transportation programs and keep aid flowing to thousands of construction projects while strengthening highway. The $109 billion measure, approved in a 74-22 vote, included a number of amendments affecting federal pay and benefits, including a provision to allows "phased retirements" for federal employees and an expansion of an expired mass-transit subsidy.
Tags: workforce , retirement , phased retirements , pay and benefits , transportation bill , Congress , Senate , pay freeze , mass transit benefit , Max Baucus , Pat Roberts
Senate rejects pay freeze amendment to transportation bill
The Senate has defeated an amendment to a transportation bill that would have extended the federal pay freeze through 2013. In a 57-41 vote, lawmakers rejected the amendment, introduced last week by Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.). The measure needed 60 votes to pass. Federal unions applauded the news.
Tags: pay and benefits , pay , Congress , Senate , pay freeze , Pat Roberts , Colleen Kelley , AFGE
Senate amendment lets retiring feds go part-time
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) introduced an amendment to the Surface Transportation Bill that offers part-time employment to retiring feds. The Senate passed the amendment Thursday.
Tags: Max Baucus , Surface Transportation Bill , pay and benefits , retirement , Congress , Senate , AFGE , Colleen Kelleher , Beth Moten , Daniel Akaka
NTEU rallies on the Hill to energize feds, educate lawmakers
With a Capitol Hill rally Wednesday and a three-day legislative conference to follow, NTEU President Colleen Kelley discusses the union's priorities for the year ahead.
Tags: workforce , Colleen Kelley , In Depth , Francis Rose , Congress , House , Senate
Congress targets federal workers for savings
Tags: payroll tax cut , pay and benefits , Congress , Senate , House , Dennis Ross , Martha Roby , Sean Duffy , CBO
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 , AFGE , John Gage , Dave Camp , Harry Reid , Colleen Kelley , Jason Miller
Lawmakers continue battle over federal retirement benefits
In the latest attempt to cut federal retirement benefits, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has reported out legislation that would make feds contribute more of their salaries to their pensions and end the FERS annuity supplement for people who retire before age 62.
Tags: Emily Kopp , John Sepulveda , Veterans Affairs , Darrell Issa , Gerry Connolly , Dennis Ross , pay and benefits , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , workforce , CSRS , FERS , House
House committee takes up bill cutting federal retirement benefits
Federal unions and some lawmakers have lambasted a proposed bill that would make changes to federal retirement benefits. The "Securing Annuities for Federal Employees Act of 2012" is set to go before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Tuesday for a markup session, in which lawmakers will be able to introduce amendments.
Tags: Congress , House , pay and benefits , Dennis Ross , Colleen Kelley , Gerry Connolly , benefits , retirement
GOP plan cuts fed pay, workforce to save DoD from sequestration
GOP senators unveiled a bill Thursday that would grant the Defense Department a one-year reprieve from "sequestration" cuts. House minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called the proposal "skullduggery."
Tags: DoD , Congress , pay and benefits , workforce , supercommittee , sequestration , John McCain , Jon Kyl , Kelly Ayotte , John Cornyn , CBO , Martin Dempsey , BRAC , pay freeze , attrition , Jared Serbu , DoD Report
Union renews call for extending mass-transit tax benefit
The National Treasury Employees Union has renewed its call for Congress to renew an expansions of a mass-transit subsidy that expired at the end of last year. The union said it supports passage either through a stand-alone bill or through a package of nearly 70 temporary tax breaks, known as extenders.
Tags: Congress , Senate , pay and benefits , mass transit benefit , Colleen Kelley , Senate Finance Committee
