Senate Democrats Defend Lavish Pensions For Federal Government Workers

Roll Call reports:

More than half of the Senate Democratic caucus wants the Trump administration to abandon proposals that could curb retirement benefits for federal employees.

“As you continue to develop legislative proposals related to the compensation of federal employees, we urge you to move past draconian cuts that harm the financial security of federal employees in every state across the country, and instead commit to comprehensive reforms that modernize our government’s compensation system in a way that encourages the best and brightest talent to join the ranks of our dedicated civil servants,” the senators, led by Virginia Democrat Mark Warner, wrote in a letter dated Wednesday.

Warner, his Virginia colleague Sen. Tim Kaine and company directed their letter to Jeff T.H. Pon, the director of the Office of Personnel Management.

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