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there's opposition among Republican
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lawmakers to one of the benefits cuts
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proposals for federal employees and it
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may put it in jeopardy Here are the
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details Hello everyone I'm Ian Smith
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with fedsmith.com Thank you for joining
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me wanted to bring you a quick video
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update about um some interesting news
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that could definitely impact the one of
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the pension cut proposal or benefits
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cuts proposals for federal employees
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that's going on in the House right now
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As you might recall Congressman Mike
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Turner Republican from Ohio came out in
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opposition to one of the proposed
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benefits cuts for federal employees that
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was put forth by the House Oversight
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Committee and he brought this up when it
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was being deliberated in the markup
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session back on April 30th That's when
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the committee was uh looking at all of
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the the package of the proposed cuts and
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they did ultimately advance all of them
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out of the markup session that day But
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Turner said during that hearing quote I
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believe that making changes to pension
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retirement benefits in the middle of
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someone's employment is wrong changing
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the rules especially once someone's
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already in been in been invested is
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wrong And he was referring to the
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proposal that would increase the amount
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that federal employees have to pay into
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their retirement under FURs Um it would
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bring it up to 4.4% for some federal
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employees who are currently paying less
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I'm not going to get into all the
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details of that proposal or or the other
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proposals that were included in in this
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package of cuts of proposed cuts Um but
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I will include links um in the
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description to uh some other videos and
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articles I've done about this if you'd
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like more information But Turner came
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out just this week and reiterated his
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opposition to this particular proposal
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He told the Dayton Daily News on
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Thursday quote "It's a very basic
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American principle that if you go to
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work every day and earn benefits that
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those earned benefits should not be
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changed midame I believe it has to
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change." And he also made it clear that
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if this proposal were to remain in in
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the final bill he would vote against it
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on the House floor And remember this
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legislation is still working its way
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through the legislative process Um its
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latest iteration was it went before the
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House Budget Committee and as a matter
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of fact that was held today the day I'm
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recording this on May 16th And um this
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is the bill that's being coined the big
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beautiful bill and it failed to advance
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out of that committee And the committee
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is set to reconvene deliberations on
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this coming Sunday at 10 p.m Quick aside
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there are other Republicans who
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apparently agree though with Turner Uh
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one of them is Congressman Don Bacon a
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Republican from Nebraska
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He said in remarks on Thursday quote "We
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should not be changing federal employee
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pensions for those who are already
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serving For new folks the change is fine
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If you want to reduce employee pensions
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for those already serving then you
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better start with all of our
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congressional pensions." Politico
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reported that Bacon is hoping to modify
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this proposal to prevent the ability to
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make changes to the pensions of federal
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employees who are currently in the
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He also said that he's open to
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negotiating for a threshold where
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employees with five years of service or
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less get included in the pension
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reform Politico also reported that
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according to Congressman Steven Lynch
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Democrat from Massachusetts that there
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could be approximately nine Republicans
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who would vote along with Democrats in
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opposing the pension plan in a House
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floor vote The bottom line here is that
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this particular proposal that would
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raise pension contributions for some
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federal employees appears to be in
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jeopardy It's going to be interesting to
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see what impact it has on the
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legislation as a whole and and if this
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proposal makes it into um final
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legislation It sounds like there's
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enough Republicans in opposition to it
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that at a minimum this proposal is
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probably going to change if not be
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stripped from the over from the broader
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budget bill as a whole Fedsmith.com will
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continue to keep you informed about this
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as new information becomes available So
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