Federal Daily News
Payroll tax bill could include federal pension provisions
A tentative agreement on a bill in Congress to extend the soon-to-expire payroll tax holiday may include provisions to require federal employees to pay more for their retirement, reports the Washington Post.
The proposed compromise legislation also would fund unemployment benefits and prevent cuts to the Medicare payments received by doctors.
As negotiators continued to work on the bill, a source cited by the paper suggested that Democratic negotiators, when faced with a choice between a continued federal pay freeze or a provision to require feds to contribute more toward their pensions, may lean toward the latter option.