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The proposed pension cuts attachment/earmark has now moved on to the House Rules Committee. They need to sign off on it to send it to the full House to vote on the omnibus funding bill. We still have a chance to get the Rules Committee to shoot down the attachment.
Our friends in Washington encourage the following:
Contact the representatives listed below on the House Rules Committee.
We need them to say NO to the earmark on pensions. The legislation was developed behind closed doors. The 163 pages have barely been seen and have not been debated. There have been hearings but NO discussion of the earmarked legislation. This is not a consensus proposal and is opposed by AARP, the Pension Rights Center, The International Association of Machinists, The Teamsters, The Steelworkers, and other organizations.
Adding this earmark to the Funding Bill is a last minute maneuver to allow pension cuts that have been protected by ERISA for forty years. No pension fund faces imminent demise. There is no reason to rush this through in this manner.
Ask them to remove the earmark from the omnibus bill.
House Rules Committee
Pete Sessions (R) TX - Chair
http://www.pensionrights.org/take-action/act-now/tell-congress-just-say-“no”-pension-cuts
Our friends in Washington encourage the following:
Contact the representatives listed below on the House Rules Committee.
We need them to say NO to the earmark on pensions. The legislation was developed behind closed doors. The 163 pages have barely been seen and have not been debated. There have been hearings but NO discussion of the earmarked legislation. This is not a consensus proposal and is opposed by AARP, the Pension Rights Center, The International Association of Machinists, The Teamsters, The Steelworkers, and other organizations.
Adding this earmark to the Funding Bill is a last minute maneuver to allow pension cuts that have been protected by ERISA for forty years. No pension fund faces imminent demise. There is no reason to rush this through in this manner.
Ask them to remove the earmark from the omnibus bill.
House Rules Committee
Pete Sessions (R) TX - Chair
http://www.pensionrights.org/take-action/act-now/tell-congress-just-say-“no”-pension-cuts
